Schumer accuses Trump admin of Epstein files 'cover-up' amid document dispute

Justice Department to release Epstein documents in phases over coming weeks, not all at once as federal deadline arrives for controversial file dump.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., accused the Trump administration of orchestrating a "cover-up." (Aaron Schwartz/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

"This just shows the Department of Justice, Donald Trump, and [Attorney General] Pam Bondi are hellbent on hiding the truth," Schumer said in a statement. "Senate Democrats are working closely with attorneys for the victims of Jeffrey Epstein and with outside legal experts to assess what documents are being withheld and what is being covered up by Pam Bondi. We will not stop until the whole truth comes out."

"People want the truth and continue to demand the immediate release of all the Epstein files," he continued. "This is nothing more than a cover-up to protect Donald Trump from his ugly past."

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Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell were both indicted on federal sex trafficking charges stemming from Epstein's years of abuse of underage girls. (Joe Schildhorn/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)

But, it wouldn’t be every shred of information on the late pedophile.

"Now the most important thing that the attorney general has talked about, that [FBI Director Kash] Patel has talked about, is that we protect victims," Blanche said. "And so what we're doing is we are looking at every single piece of paper that we are going to produce, making sure that every victim, their name, their identity, their story, to the extent it needs to be protected, is completely protected."

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"And so I expect that we're going to release more documents over the next couple of weeks," he continued. "So today, several hundred thousand, and then over the next couple weeks, I expect several hundred thousand more."

Alex Miller is a writer for Fox News Digital covering the U.S. Senate.

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