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The Justice Department has said any files not made public are because they're duplicates, privileged, or part of an active investigation.
So Garcia wants the AG to answer if there's an active investigation into Trump.
After an NPR investigation revealed dozens of pages of interviews and notes weren't published in the Epstein files, House Oversight Democrats said they would investigate.
In a letter first shared with NPR, Ranking Member Robert Garcia is asking Attorney General Pam Bondi to explain what happened.
The missing documents relate to a woman who said she was sexually abused by both Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump when she was a minor in the early 1980s.
The Justice Department has said any files not made public are because they're duplicates, privileged, or part of an active investigation.
So Garcia wants the AG to answer if there's an active investigation into Trump.
A review of FBI case records, emails, and discovery logs released in the latest tranche of files finds more than 50 pages of documents haven't been published.
These include what appear to be FBI interviews as well as notes from conversations with a woman who accused Donald Trump of sexual abuse decades ago when she was a minor.
Now, Democrats on the House Oversight Committee say they're launching an investigation into those files.
The White House says in a statement that Trump is, quote, totally exonerated.
Internal documents from the FBI and Justice Department released in the files show investigators spoke to a woman four times who said she was abused by Trump in the mid-80s when she was 13.
But only her first interview is in the files with no mention of Trump.
The Justice Department declined to answer NPR's questions on the record about these specific files, what's in them, and why they're not published.
A White House spokeswoman said Trump has been, quote, totally exonerated, and he, quote, has done more for Epstein's victims than anyone before him.
Stephen Fowler, NPR News, Atlanta.
Internal documents from the FBI and Justice Department released in the files show investigators spoke to a woman four times who said she was abused by Trump in the mid-80s when she was 13.