Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer confirmed that the Department of Justice had violated the Epstein Files Transparency Act's requirement to report to Congress within 15 days. The law required DOJ to provide: (1) all categories of information released and withheld, (2) a summary of any redactions made, and (3) a list of all government officials and politically exposed individuals named in the files. Seventeen days after the December 19 deadline, lawmakers had received none of these required reports. Representative Thomas Massie stated: 'DOJ did break the law by making illegal redactions and by missing the deadline.' Schumer noted DOJ had also not released any additional documents in 14 days and 'has not committed to a new timeline for a list of co-conspirators or a report explaining redactions.'