Senate Democrats are using an arcane procedural tool to try to force the Department of Justice to release additional files from the Jeffrey Epstein case – the latest gambit to keep the issue front-and-center as lawmakers prepare for their month-long August recess.

Democrats in the Senate are picking up the baton from their colleagues in the House to keep the Jeffrey Epstein saga in the news cycle and stoke GOP divisions. A small group of Senate Democrats, led by Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY),