Lawmakers can sue to ensure release of Epstein files, but not as part of Maxwell case, judge says

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and LARRY NEUMEISTER

NEW YORK (AP) — Congressional cosponsors 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 ruled Wednesday.

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