The U.S. Department of Justice has formally moved to block the appointment of an independent monitor or special master to oversee the release of Epstein-related records in the long-closed criminal case of Ghislaine Maxwell—arguing that no federal court has the authority to compel such disclosures.
In a six-page letter filed tonight, to U.S. District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer, prosecutors contend that recent efforts by members of Congress to force production of the so-called “Epstein files” amount to an improper attempt to reopen a concluded criminal case and to create a form of judicial oversight that Congress itself did not authorize.
The DOJ begins by emphasizing that United States v. Maxwell is no longer an active criminal matter. Maxwell’s conviction was affirmed by the Second Circuit, and the Supreme Court denied certiorari in October 2025, rendering the judgment final. According to the government, only two narrow issues remain before the court: Maxwell’s collateral challenge under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 and the court’s supervision of a protective order governing discovery materials.
So the DOJ is above the law is what I am getting from this.
If they don’t believe in the laws why should anyone else
Laws for thee not for me.
Bingo!
I will make it legal
TLDR
-The DOJ has stated that under the Freedom of Information Act, no courts have the authority to force the DOJ to release more disclosures of the Epstein Files that have yet to be released.
-Congress Representatives Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie attempted to request to assist as “amicus curae” (friends of the court) to assist and deliberate more releases of the Epstein Files. The DOJ stated not only can they never do so constitutionally, but also:
-“The Epstein Files Transparency Act, prosecutors note, does not create an individual right to obtain information, unlike the Freedom of Information Act. Nor does the Act authorize lawmakers—or anyone else—to sue the DOJ for alleged noncompliance.”
-“In short, the government’s filing makes clear that—absent new legislation explicitly authorizing court enforcement—the DOJ believes no court can force it to produce the Epstein files, regardless of public pressure or congressional intent.”
Wait wait wait … they’re arguing that a law can’t be enforced at all unless there are specific clauses in it which describe what enforcement of that law is?
If that stands, that’s precedent that will make all sort of laws unenforceable.
The people doing This are giving Unknown Masked Armed Men FREE REIGN of your Child’s School!