Leading Democrats have rolled out a new and unvarnished message — that the U.S. Department of Justice cannot be trusted. Also Friday, Justice Department officials released more documents from the Epstein files — a trove of records related to the sexual abuse of minors by the late, disgraced billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein. The latter was also something Garcia took issue with Friday, slamming the Justice Department for continuing to withhold some of the files. Kousser, the politics professor, noted that this is not the first time that concerns about partisanship within the Justice Department have been voiced. He said similar concerns were raised by many Republicans when the Justice Department was prosecuting Trump during the Biden administration.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 31, 2026 20:00 UTC