Washington (AP) – A legal organization challenging the administration of President Donald Trump on several fronts filed a new lawsuit on Friday, seeking a record of the handling of sex trafficking investigation and issued a record. Jeffrey Epstein,
Group Democracy sued the Department of Justice and FBI for communication of senior administration officers about Epstein documents and any about correspondence between them and Trump.
The case filed in the federal court in Washington seems to be the first of its kind. The group states that it has submitted requests under the Independence of Information Act for the records related to communication about the case in late July which has not yet been met.
“The court should intervene immediately to ensure that the public has access to the necessary information about this extraordinary situation about this extraordinary situation,” said Sky Periman, president and CEO of the Democratic-federal group. The federal government often molds records related to criminal investigation from a public point of view.
The Department of Justice did not respond to the message seeking comment immediately.
Democracy is ahead Dozens of lawsuits filed Against Trump’s Republican administration, challenge policies and executive orders in areas including education, immigration and health care.
Last month, the Department of Justice said that Epstein case is subject to public focus This will not release additional documents From the case, despite assurance Attorney General Palm Bondi,
The decision provoked disappointment and anger between the online sleeves, the theorists of the conspiracy and the base of Trump, who expected to see evidence of government cover-up.
The Trump administration has sought to ignore the grand jury tape, although a judge has been denied by a judge in Florida. In West Palm Beach US District Judge Robin Rosenberg said that the request to release grand jury documents from 2005 and 2007 did not fulfill any extraordinary exception under the Federal Law that could make them public.
A similar request for a separate grand jury function is pending in New York.
There is also a house oversight committee Deputy proof to justice department For files on investigation, part of a Congress investigation is that MPs believe that Trump and other former top officials may show links.
Since Epstein 2019 killed in New York Jail Sale As he waited for a trial for allegations of sex trafficking, conservative conspirators have stopped the principles about what information the investigators have collected on the rich financier and who know more about sexual abuse of teenage girls.
Trump denied the prior knowledge of Epstein’s crimes and says He cut his relationship Long ago, and he has repeatedly tried to move forward to give up the decision of the Department of Justice. A complete accounting Checked. But MPs from both major political parties have refused to let it go.
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Associated press writer Eric Tucker contributed to this story.
Lindsay Whiteharst, Associated Press
