New Mexico's attorney general has taken the Justice Department to court, arguing federal officials have unlawfully withheld unredacted investigative material connected to Jeffrey Epstein that the state says it needs for its own probe.
The lawsuit accuses the department of impeding the state's access despite repeated requests, and asks a federal judge to order the records released.
The filing is the latest flashpoint in an ongoing dispute between state and federal authorities over how much of the Epstein investigative record should be made public, a fight that has drawn bipartisan attention on Capitol Hill.
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Source: Reuters
