Lawyers plan to use surprise tactic against Trump admin and release Epstein files: report [View all]

Source: Raw Story

July 28, 2025 10:46PM ET


Lawyers with the liberal watchdog group Democracy Defenders Fund are using a surprise tactic against the Trump administration to compel the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files, according to a new report.

Norm Eisen, a former Obama White House ethics chief and DDF co-founder, told The Daily Beast on Monday that the group has already filed a sweeping Freedom of Information Act request. While the Department of Justice probably anticipated that request, Eisen suggested that the government gave DDF an ace to play.

DDF's FOIA request cites a recent Justice Department court filing to release the grand jury tapes from the Epstein files, where the government argued that they should be quickly released because of public interest.

Eisen noted that the government's argument triggered an exception in the FOIA law that allows for the files to be released on an expedited timetable.

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