Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) ambushed Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) and the rest of the Senate Republican leadership on Wednesday morning by filing an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to direct Attorney General Pam Bondi to make public all unclassified records, documents and communications related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Schumer offered his amendment to Senate Armed Services Committee Chair Roger Wicker’s (R-Miss.) substitute amendment to the annual defense authorization bill, which Thune hopes to pass before Congress leaves town for the Rosh Hashanah recess later this month.
“Just a few minutes ago, I filed an amendment that would require the attorney general to release all the Epstein files and Republicans are g