WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley issued the following press release:

U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), and Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM) joined forces with U.S. Representatives Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Ro Khanna (D-CA) to call on Attorney General Pam Bondi to provide a briefing on the U.S. Department of Justice's efforts to comply with the Epstein Files Transparency Act and fully release the Epstein Files by December 19, 2025-as required by the law.

Merkley, Murkowski, Lujan, Massie, and Khanna's letter comes as the Justice Department is legally required to release all the Epstein Files within the law's 30-day requirement.

"We write as the bipartisan lead sponsors of the Epstein Files Transparency Act to express our...