The US Department of Justice may become a defendant as the controversy surrounding the Epstein files escalates.

 according to CCTV News, on December 22 local time, U.S. Senate Minority Leader Schumer announced that after the Senate reconvenes in January, he will push for a resolution requiring the Senate to take legal action against the Department of Justice to force it to fully disclose all files related to Epstein and his associate Maxwell. Once the news broke, the focus quickly shifted from "whether to disclose" to "how to disclose." Recently, the Department of Justice's method of releasing the Epstein files has sparked a new round of controversy: the extent of document redactions, gaps in key materials, search experience, and whether the privacy of victims is adequately protected—all of these have turned this transparency promise into an institutional "trust test."