The Department of Justice is facing new scrutiny over the decision to withhold the Jeffrey Epstein files earlier this year.

NOTE: The video is from a previous report.

A federal judge on Monday ordered the DOJ to expedite processing of a Freedom of Information Act request related to the Trump administration's decision in July not to release files from the investigation of Epstein.

With the DOJ already facing a Dec. 19 deadline to turn over the Epstein files, as mandated by the Epstein Files Transparency Act , the ruling could shed light on why the Trump administration reversed course on its earlier vow to release the files. A joint FBI and DOJ memo in July concluded there was "no basis to revisit the disclosure of those materials" and that their review "did not uncover evidenc

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