Judge rules in compliance bid over release of Epstein files

Documents that were included in the US Department of Justice release of the Jeffrey Epstein files (Jon Elswick/AP)

Congressional co-sponsors 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 has ruled.

Judge Paul A Engelmayer blocked US representatives Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie from intervening in Maxwell’s sex trafficking case.