The U.S. Department of Justice has formally moved to block the appointment of an independent monitor or special master to oversee the release of Epstein-related records in the long-closed criminal case of Ghislaine Maxwell"arguing that no federal court has the authority to compel such disclosures. In a six-page letter filed tonight, to U.S. District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer, prosecutors contend that recent efforts by members of Congress to force production of the so-called "Epstein files" amount to an improper attempt to reopen a concluded criminal case and to create a form of judicial oversight that Congress itself did not authorize. In short, the government's filing makes clear that"absent new legislation explicitly authorizing court enforcement"the DOJ believes no court can force it to produce the Epstein files, regardless of public pressure or congressional intent.