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Chuck Schumer: “Because of the law the Congress passed just one month ago…”

Featuring: Chuck Schumer, Democratic | U.S. Senate New York

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And if Donald Trump won't come clean, if he keeps hiding the truth, the American people are going to be asking a very simple question. What the hell is President Trump trying to hide? Why won't he release those files? Now? Because of the law the Congress passed just one month ago. The Department of Justice has until Friday to release the documents. I'll be blunt. We fully expect that Donald Trump and Pam Bondi will try every trick they can think up to weasel out of fully releasing the Epstein files. (02:45–02:53)

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Asserts that a law passed by Congress requires the Department of Justice to release the Epstein documents by Friday.

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