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New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez (D), seen in 2016, wrote to the Justice Department on Tuesday that more than 130 days had elapsed since his request for unredacted records. (Susan Montoya Bryan\/AP)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

New Mexico\u2019s attorney general and the Justice Department are clashing over a request for records related to the state\u2019s investigation of Jeffrey Epstein\u2019s alleged crimes at Zorro Ranch, the convicted sex offender\u2019s former property in Santa Fe County.<\/p>

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New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez (D) wrote to the Justice Department on Tuesday that more than 130 days had elapsed since the request, demanding that the unredacted records be provided by July 31. He said<\/a> the Justice Department\u2019s Southern District of New York office informed him that \u201cthey will NOT cooperate.\u201d<\/p>\n

Acting attorney general Todd Blanche said during his Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday that his office is \u201ccontinuing to work with\u201d state authorities on the request.<\/p>

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Jay Clayton, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York seeking to be the next director of national intelligence, also said his team is working on it. In his confirmation hearing, also on Wednesday, Clayton pointed out that the unredacted documents \u201care subject to several protections for those redactions, including a protective order of the court.\u201d<\/p>\n

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