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The Justice Department says it is now reviewing whether FBI files that include allegations against President Donald Trump were improperly withheld from its massive Epstein document release
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The issue centers on missing FBI interview summaries tied to a woman who accused both Jeffrey Epstein and Trump of sexual assault decades ago
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Trump has denied any wrongdoing. When the DOJ released millions of pages under the Epstein Files Transparency Act
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an index showed the FBI interviewed the woman four times in 2019
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Only one of those interview summaries was made public. The other three interview summaries were not included in the public release
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The Justice Department now says it is reviewing whether anything was improperly tagged or withheld
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A spokesperson says, quote, should any document be found to have been improperly tagged in the review process
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and is responsive to the act, the department will, of course, publish it, consistent with the law
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The woman alleged Epstein introduced her to Trump in the 1980s and that Trump assaulted her
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No public evidence has corroborated that claim, and Trump has repeatedly denied wrongdoing
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is accusing the department of deliberately omitting the information
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Let me be blunt. There is a massive cover-up going on in the Justice Department to protect Donald Trump and people associated with Jeffrey Epstein
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Schumer says Senate Democrats will review unredacted files in the coming days, and they are demanding preservation of all internal records tied to the release
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The Justice Department insists it complied with the law
