Leader Schumer Floor Remarks Calling For The Full Release Of The Epstein Files Amid President Trump Insisting Americans Move On

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) today spoke on the Senate floor calling for the full release of the Epstein files and slamming President Trump for telling the nation to “get on to something else” while there are still millions of unreleased documents. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here:

Yesterday, Donald Trump said that the nation should finally just move on with the Epstein files.

Here’s what he said, “I think it’s really time,” Trump said, “for the country to get on to something else, now that nothing came out about me.” Of course, it’s only about Donald Trump as usual.

But let me just say this to Donald Trump: you’re wrong again, Mr. President. America will not move on from the Epstein files until America gets the whole truth, the full truth about the Epstein files.

America will not move on until Donald Trump does what he promised—full transparency, and we haven’t come close to that yet.

Millions upon millions of documents remain shrouded in darkness. We have no idea what’s left in them—what is in there about Donald Trump? Did the Justice Department particularly hide and not reveal documents that might be damaging to Trump? Instead of prioritizing transparency and complying with the law, the Department of Justice to this day is still obsessed with prioritizing protecting Donald Trump.

It's pretty obvious. Trump chose people in the Justice Department to be his own attack dogs, his own puppets. They don't have any independence and so we don't trust them. The American people don't trust them.

So, no, President Trump: the nation will not “get on to something else” until you do what you promised and release all the Epstein files so the whole truth, the whole truth can come out.

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