The Department of Justice (DOJ) has urged a judge to dismiss a request from two congressional lawmakers seeking a neutral overseer for the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files , arguing that the judge lacks the authority to do so. U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton of the Southern District of New York in a Friday letter to Judge Paul A. Engelmayer argued that Representatives Ro Khanna , a California Democrat, and Thomas Massie , a Kentucky Republican, are seeking "extraordinary" relief with their