WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats invoked a century-old law on Wednesday to compel the Department of Justice to release the complete Jeffrey Epstein files. Known as the Rule of Five, the obscure law requires the executive branch to turn over information to Congressional oversight committees if five of a committee's members call for it.

“Our request covers all documents, files, evidence and other materials in possession of the Department of Justice and the FBI related to the case of the United States versus Jeffrey Epstein ,” said Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., who also serves on the and Homeland Security Committee. “While protecting the victims’ identities can and must be of top importance, the public has a right to know who enabled or participated in one of the most heinous

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