Jan. 21 (UPI) -- A federal judge on Wednesday denied a request by Reps. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., and Thomas Massie, R-Ky., to appoint an independent monitor to oversee the Justice Department's release of the Jeffrey Epstein files.

A federal judge denied a request for an independent monitor, saying he did not have the authority to supervise the Justice Department’s release of the documents.

Reps. Khanna and Massie asked a judge to appoint a Special Master over Epstein files. The DOJ says he lacks authority.

Thirty-three days after the Trump Department of Justice was required by law to release the Epstein Files — but failed to produce even one percent of them — a federal judge has rejected a bipartisan effort to appoint a special master to oversee production of the documents.U.S. Reps. Ro Khanna (D-CA) ...

Congressional cosponsors of a law forcing the Justice Department to release its files on Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell can file a lawsuit seeking a court-appointed observer to ensure compliance, but they lack the legal right to append their demand to her criminal case, a judge ruled Wednesday. Judge Paul…

NEW YORK (AP) — Congressional cosponsors of a law forcing the Justice Department to release its files on Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell can file a lawsuit seeking a court-appointed observer to ensure compliance, but they lack the legal right to append their demand to her criminal case, a judge ruled Wednesday. Judge Paul A. […]

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