Pam Bondi and the DOJ Were Ordered to Release the Epstein Files. The Deadline Passed. The Law Was Broken.
This was not a delay or a misunderstanding. The DOJ violated federal law.
The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act on November 18, 2025, by a near unanimous vote. One day later, the United States Senate passed it unanimously.
The law was clear. The deadline was not ambiguous. Under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, Bondi and her Department of Justice were legally required to release all unclassified Epstein related records no later than December 19, 2025, thirty days after enactment. That deadline came and went. The DOJ failed to produce the files as required by law.
The Department of Justice is the executive agency responsible for enforcing federal law, prosecuting crimes, and carrying out the legal directives of Congress on behalf of the United States. It was required to comply because Congress lawfully enacted the Epstein Files Transparency Act, and under the Constitution, a duly passed statute binds the executive branch, including the DOJ, with the force of law.
As of today, independent reporting indicates the Department of Justice has released only a small fraction of the total Epstein files, roughly 100,000 pages out of millions identified for disclosure, amounting to well under five percent of the material Congress ordered made public. In doing so, the DOJ has broken the law.
That the Department of Justice, the very institution charged with enforcing the law, chose to ignore a clear statutory mandate is egregious and indefensible. When the guardian of legality breaks the law itself, it does not merely undermine trust. It shatters the foundation of accountability.
Remember this when you vote in the 2026 midterms.
Mitch Jackson, Esq.