Washington DC, Dec. 20 -- US Congressmen Robert Garcia and Jamie Raskin, leading Democrats on the House Oversight and Judiciary Committees, have criticised the Department of Justice for heavily redacting Jeffrey Epstein's files, calling it a violation of federal law.

They argue the Trump administration is covering up evidence related to Epstein's sex trafficking ring and failing to comply with the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which mandated the release of unclassified documents within 30 days.

Democrat representative Ro Khanna said that he was "disappointed" with the materials produced on Friday and that he will be exploring "all options" about what to do next.

In a post on X, he said, "The DOJ's document dump of hundreds of thousan...