Schumer says century-old law forces Trump DOJ, FBI to release Jeffrey Epstein files by August deadline

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Wednesday that Democrats invoked a century-old law to force President Donald Trump's Department of Justice and the FBI to release the Jeffrey Epstein files. 

At a press conference, Schumer said he joined all his Democratic colleagues on the Senate Homeland Security Committee in invoking "a century-old and little-known law known as the Rule of Five." Under the federal law, Schumer said, "when any five senators on the Homeland Security Committee call on the executive branch, the executive branch must comply." 

Schumer said their request "covers all documents, files, evidence and other materials" in possession of the DOJ and the FBI related to the case of the United States v. Jeffrey Epstein. 

"While protecting the victim...