Justice Department says members of Congress can’t intervene in release of Epstein files

Source Chicago Tribune
Original Load Date Jan. 16, 2026, 8:04 p.m.
Last Updated Jan. 16, 2026, 8:04 p.m.
Original URL https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/16/justice-department-congress-epstein-files/

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NEW YORK — Manhattan’s top federal prosecutor said Friday that a judge lacks the authority to appoint a neutral expert to oversee the public release of documents in the sex trafficking probe of financier Jeffrey Epstein and British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell. Judge Paul A. Engelmayer was told in a...