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A congressional committee has voted to summon US Attorney General Pam Bondi to testify about the investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The motion to subpoena Bondi was introduced by Nancy Mace, a Republican lawmaker, who accused the justice department of a "cover-up".
The Trump administration has faced growing pressure across the political spectrum to release all of the documents related to the probe.
"The Epstein case is one of the greatest cover-ups in American history. His global sex trafficking network is larger than what is being revealed," Mace wrote on social media.
Bondi and the Trump administration have faced criticism over their handling of the release of the files, including failing to black out the names of Epstein's victims.
On Wednesday, Five Republicans joined Democrats on the House Oversight committee to vote in favour of the subpoena or legal summons.
"Three million documents have been released, and we still don't have the full truth," Mace wrote. "Videos are missing. Audio is missing. Logs are missing. There are millions more documents out there."
Mace, who despite backing the president, has been critical of his Department of Justice's (DOJ) handling of the Epstein files.
The justice department has released millions of documents, but millions more have yet to be released.
The justice department did not immediately respond to the BBC's request for comment.
The congressional committee has already compelled a number of high profile people to testify in the matter.
Last November, Trump signed legislation passed by Congress compelling the justice department to release all material from its investigations into Epstein.
But after millions of documents were released, the agency faced push back from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle who accused the justice department of failing to black out some identifying information about victims while protecting and redacting the identities of those who were not victims.
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