Senate Democrats on Wednesday said they are attempting to force the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files through a little-known, decades-old law. All seven Democrats on the Homeland Security Committee invoked a law that requires federal agencies provide information about "any matter within the jurisdiction of the committee" if at least five members request it.

Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-New York) said Wednesday that Senate Democrats are prepared to sue to force the Justice Department to disclose material related to Jeffrey Epstein. Schumer sent a letter to the Justice Department on Wednesday invoking a rarely used 1928 law to demand that the administration make public the records involving the disgraced financier who died in federal custody in 2019 after his arrest on sex trafficking charges.