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The FBI redacted Donald Trump’s name from references in the Jeffrey Epstein files, three people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg’s Jason Leopold.
Internal directives instructed about 1,000 FBI agents to flag any mention of Trump during a March review of roughly 100,000 pages of records, people familiar with the process told Bloomberg.
The Justice Department says the review turned up no “client list” or evidence linking Trump to criminal activity, despite his name appearing in Epstein’s contact book and flight logs.
Privacy concerns and protections for victims has been cited as reasons for withholding additional material, a decision that has drawn bipartisan criticism and renewed scrutiny of the files’ handling.
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