Diversion of 500 lawyers to Epstein files delayed ‘accountability on lawfare,’ top Trump ally says
This looks less like justice and more like strategy.
The Justice Department’s extensive review of records tied to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has diverted resources away from investigations the administration views as central to its pledge to examine lawfare under former President Joe Biden, according to a prominent ally of President Donald Trump.
DOJ leaders had to detail hundreds of lawyers from across the department to review thousands of documents related to Epstein, thanks to legislation requiring the release of those files. The extraordinary undertaking comes as progress on Trump’s DOJ priorities has seemingly stalled.
Mike Davis, founder of the conservative Article III Project and a former clerk to Justice Neil Gorsuch, said Tuesday the department’s manpower has been consumed by demands for transparency surrounding Epstein-related files, slowing progress on inquiries linked to what Trump often refers to as the weaponization of the justice system against him and his allies during the Biden administration.
Want accountability for lawfare against Trump and his allies?
Then stop demanding every good person at the Justice Department sit through months of Epstein document review.
There is no accountability on lawfare right now because Massie and his Democrat buddies have Trump's…
— Mike Davis (@mrddmia) February 17, 2026
“If you want to bring accountability for the lawfare against President Trump, his aides and his allies, then let’s not demand that every good person in the Justice Department has to sit through months and months of document review,” Davis, who previously called himself Trump’s “viceroy,” said during an interview on Real America’s Voice.
A source familiar with the DOJ’s internal deliberations told the Washington Examiner the scope of the review required an unusually large commitment of personnel.
“By definition, we had 500 lawyers and leadership in the Office of the Deputy Attorney General and Office of the Attorney General and the National Security Division and the Criminal Division working on this for several months,” the source said.
Davis’s comments reflect growing frustration among some Trump-aligned legal advocates who say congressional pressure to release Epstein materials has monopolized finite departmental resources at a time when Attorney General Pam Bondi is under pressure to produce results from her “Weaponization Working Group.”
Bondi launched that initiative shortly after taking office last year to review controversial …
This looks less like justice and more like strategy.
The Justice Department’s extensive review of records tied to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has diverted resources away from investigations the administration views as central to its pledge to examine lawfare under former President Joe Biden, according to a prominent ally of President Donald Trump.
DOJ leaders had to detail hundreds of lawyers from across the department to review thousands of documents related to Epstein, thanks to legislation requiring the release of those files. The extraordinary undertaking comes as progress on Trump’s DOJ priorities has seemingly stalled.
Mike Davis, founder of the conservative Article III Project and a former clerk to Justice Neil Gorsuch, said Tuesday the department’s manpower has been consumed by demands for transparency surrounding Epstein-related files, slowing progress on inquiries linked to what Trump often refers to as the weaponization of the justice system against him and his allies during the Biden administration.
Want accountability for lawfare against Trump and his allies?
Then stop demanding every good person at the Justice Department sit through months of Epstein document review.
There is no accountability on lawfare right now because Massie and his Democrat buddies have Trump's…
— Mike Davis (@mrddmia) February 17, 2026
“If you want to bring accountability for the lawfare against President Trump, his aides and his allies, then let’s not demand that every good person in the Justice Department has to sit through months and months of document review,” Davis, who previously called himself Trump’s “viceroy,” said during an interview on Real America’s Voice.
A source familiar with the DOJ’s internal deliberations told the Washington Examiner the scope of the review required an unusually large commitment of personnel.
“By definition, we had 500 lawyers and leadership in the Office of the Deputy Attorney General and Office of the Attorney General and the National Security Division and the Criminal Division working on this for several months,” the source said.
Davis’s comments reflect growing frustration among some Trump-aligned legal advocates who say congressional pressure to release Epstein materials has monopolized finite departmental resources at a time when Attorney General Pam Bondi is under pressure to produce results from her “Weaponization Working Group.”
Bondi launched that initiative shortly after taking office last year to review controversial …
Diversion of 500 lawyers to Epstein files delayed ‘accountability on lawfare,’ top Trump ally says
This looks less like justice and more like strategy.
The Justice Department’s extensive review of records tied to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has diverted resources away from investigations the administration views as central to its pledge to examine lawfare under former President Joe Biden, according to a prominent ally of President Donald Trump.
DOJ leaders had to detail hundreds of lawyers from across the department to review thousands of documents related to Epstein, thanks to legislation requiring the release of those files. The extraordinary undertaking comes as progress on Trump’s DOJ priorities has seemingly stalled.
Mike Davis, founder of the conservative Article III Project and a former clerk to Justice Neil Gorsuch, said Tuesday the department’s manpower has been consumed by demands for transparency surrounding Epstein-related files, slowing progress on inquiries linked to what Trump often refers to as the weaponization of the justice system against him and his allies during the Biden administration.
Want accountability for lawfare against Trump and his allies?
Then stop demanding every good person at the Justice Department sit through months of Epstein document review.
There is no accountability on lawfare right now because Massie and his Democrat buddies have Trump's…
— Mike Davis (@mrddmia) February 17, 2026
“If you want to bring accountability for the lawfare against President Trump, his aides and his allies, then let’s not demand that every good person in the Justice Department has to sit through months and months of document review,” Davis, who previously called himself Trump’s “viceroy,” said during an interview on Real America’s Voice.
A source familiar with the DOJ’s internal deliberations told the Washington Examiner the scope of the review required an unusually large commitment of personnel.
“By definition, we had 500 lawyers and leadership in the Office of the Deputy Attorney General and Office of the Attorney General and the National Security Division and the Criminal Division working on this for several months,” the source said.
Davis’s comments reflect growing frustration among some Trump-aligned legal advocates who say congressional pressure to release Epstein materials has monopolized finite departmental resources at a time when Attorney General Pam Bondi is under pressure to produce results from her “Weaponization Working Group.”
Bondi launched that initiative shortly after taking office last year to review controversial …
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