India, Dec. 25 -- A dozen members of the US Senate, mostly Democrats, are calling on the Inspector General to examine the justice department's failure to release all records pertaining to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein by last Friday's congressionally mandated deadline.

The group of senators, including Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski from the US President Donald Trump's Republican Party, said that the victims in the Epstein case "deserve full disclosure" and the "peace of mind" of an independent audit.

Murkowski joined 11 Democrats in signing a letter on Wednesday urging Acting Inspector General Don Berthiaume to audit the Justice Department's compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act, the law enacted last month that requi...