FROM THE HILL: Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) ambushed Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) and the rest of Senate Republican leadership Wednesday morning by filing an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act to direct Attorney General Pam Bondi to make public all unclassified records, documents and communications related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Schumer offered his amendment to Senate Armed Services Committee Chair Roger Wicker’s (R-Miss.) substitute amendment to the annual defense authorization bill, which Thune hopes to pass before Congress leaves town for the Rosh Hashanah recess later this month.
Schumer took advantage of Republicans not immediately filling the amendment tree to the defense authorization measure.
“Just a few minutes ago, I filed an amendment that would require the attorney general to release all the Epstein files and Republicans are going to have to vote on it. We’re going to keep fighting until these files are fully released,” Schumer wrote in a social media post.
Schumer’s amendment mirrors a House bill by Reps. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) and Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) to compel the Justice Department to release all Epstein files.
.@SenSchumer: “I just filed an amendment to the NDAA bill that would require the Attorney General to release all of the Epstein files…there’s been so much lying, obfuscation, coverups. the American people need to see everything that’s in the Epstein file…” pic.twitter.com/PbfZUDkO7o
— CSPAN (@cspan) September 10, 2025
SCHUMER: “Trump has lied about this. The American people are demanding the Epstein files be made public.”
He has just filed a surprise amendment to force a senate vote — @MarshaBlackburn @SenatorHagerty history is watching. pic.twitter.com/IAHEpszeXg
— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) September 10, 2025
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