Chuck Schumer calls for FBI counterintelligence assessment on Jeffrey Epstein files, citing concerns about adversaries exploiting unreleased information.
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SenateMinorityLeaderChuckSchumer,D-N.Y.,hascalledontheFBItoconductacounterintelligencethreatassessmentontheJeffreyEpsteinfiles.
SchumersaidontheSenateflooronTuesdaythattheFBIassessmentshouldaccomplishthreethings:determineifforeignintelligenceagenciescouldgainaccesstotheinformation“thepresidentdoesnotwanttoreleaseintheEpsteinfiles,throughmethodsthatincludecyberintrusion;”identifyanyvulnerabilitiesthatcouldbeexploitedbyforeignintelligenceagencieswithaccesstonon-publicinformationintheEpsteinfiles,“includingbeingabletogainleverageoverDonaldTrump,hisfamily,orotherseniorgovernmentofficials;”andresultintheFBIpubliclyshowingthatthebureauis“developingmitigationstrategiestocounterthesethreatsandsafeguardournationalsecurity.”
AthisweeklyDemocraticleadershippressconferenceafterward,Schumercondemnedwhathecategorizedasthe
