Schumer calls for FBI assessment on Epstein files potential security threats

Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer, DN.Y. , The FBI to a fight against the threat of Jeffrey Epstein files.

Shomer said in the Senate Hall on Tuesday that the FBI’s evaluation should accomplish three things: Determine whether foreign intelligence agencies can access the information “the president does not want to release the Epstein files, through methods that include cybersecurity;” Determine any weaknesses that can be exploited by foreign intelligence agencies with access to non -public information in Epstein’s files, “including the ability to get a crane on Donald Trump, his family or other senior government officials,” He leads to the fact that the FBI publicly shows that the office “develops mitigation strategies to confront these threats and protect our national security.”

At his weekly Democratic Democratic Command conference, Shomer condemned what he classified as “Epstein”, which aims to President Donald Trump and parliament Speaker Mike Johnson, RLL.

“Trump’s promise that he would issue Epstein’s files while he was at the Campaign’s path, but he hasn’t done it yet,” Schumer told reporters. “The spokesman Johnson literally preferred to close Congress, and to send everyone home during the Epstein’s rest period to avoid the topic. Americans are injected to anger because there is no transparency, but there are also some real questions about the risks of national security.”

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“Looking at Trump’s overall face about issuing files and looking at what we know from the violations in the FBI, it is natural to ask, what happens if our opponents use electronic attacks and other means to access files and materials to Epstein that destroy or worse for President Trump or those around him?” Follow Shomer. “What happens if Epstein files are over in the hands of Russia or North Korea, or Chinese governments? Unless Epstein files are fully released to the public, can our opponents use it, Epstein, to use this information to blackmail someone like the president?

Last Thursday, Shomer indicated that the Ministry of Internal Security and the Ministry of Health and Humanitarian Services were among many government agencies that were hacked as part of a breach of the Microsoft SharePoint system.

“This was confirmed that he was Chinese actors. So we do not need this to happen again,” Shomer said. “We have to ensure that this does not happen. National security is not and it should never be a party issue. We need to do everything we can to make sure that we protect American and American families. This report is vital in doing so. After that, there is something else that Donald Trump can do to put out the anger of people, confusion, and/or deep concerns.

Last week, Johnson ended the legislative session of the Council on an early day, and avoided a possible vote on a decision by Representative Thomas Massi and R-Ky. , And Ro Khanna, D-Calif, would have forced the Ministry of Justice and the Federal Investigation Office to launch Epstein files. Johnson confirmed on Sunday that the Republicans in the House of Representatives supported “the utmost disclosure”, but they argued that the decision was “reckless” poorly and poorly, on the pretext that he ignored the federal rules that protect the materials of the major jury and did not require the matter from the Department of the Ministry of Justice and the Federal Investigation Office to issue the information they know, and this depends on lies and rumors, and was not reliable enough to enter schools in the court.

Audrey Strauss, the acting American lawyer for the southern region of New York, refers to a picture of Jeffrey Epstein and Gissolan Maxwell, during a press conference in New York on July 2, 2020. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

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Johnson said he supported the Trump administration’s position that “all the evidence and reliable information” is issued, but stressed the need for guarantees to protect the identities of the victims.

During a bilateral meeting with British Prime Minister Kiir Starmer in Scotland on Monday, Trump was asked why Epsin was expelled from Mar Lago in West Palm Beach, Florida, years ago.

British Prime Minister Kiir Starmer and President Donald Trump, during a bilateral meeting at the Trump Turner Golf Stadium in Turnberry, Scotland, on Monday 28 July 2025. (TOLGA AKMEN/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

“This ancient history is very easy to explain, but I don’t want to waste your time by explaining it. But for years, I will not talk to Jeffrey Epstein. I will not speak because he did something inappropriate,” Trump told reporters. “I hired the help, and I said,” Don’t do it again. ”

Trump said he rejected an invitation to the notorious Island of Epstein in the Caribbean Sea region, who claimed that former President Bill Clinton and former Harvard University President Larry Samars had gone.

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“I did not go to the island and Bill Clinton went there, he is 28 times.” I didn’t get the honor to go to his island. And I refused. But many people in Palm Beach were invited to his island. On one of my very good moments, I refused. ”

Tyler Olson in Fox News contributed to this report.