00:02The Justice Department says it is now reviewing whether FBI files that include allegations
00:08against President Donald Trump were improperly withheld from its massive Epstein document
00:13release. The issue centers on missing FBI interview summaries tied to a woman who accused
00:19both Jeffrey Epstein and Trump of sexual assault decades ago. Trump has denied any wrongdoing.
00:25When the DOJ released millions of pages under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, an index
00:31showed the FBI interviewed the woman four times in 2019. Only one of those interview summaries
00:38was made public. The other three interview summaries were not included in the public release. The
00:43Justice Department now says it is reviewing whether anything was improperly tagged or
00:48withheld. A spokesperson says, quote, should any document be found to have been improperly
00:54tagged in the review process and is responsive to the act. The department will, of course,
00:59publish it, consistent with the law. The woman alleged Epstein introduced her to Trump in
01:04the 1980s and that Trump assaulted her. No public evidence has corroborated that claim, and Trump
01:10has repeatedly denied wrongdoing. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is accusing the department
01:15of deliberately omitting the information.
01:18Let me be blunt. There is a massive cover-up going on in the Justice Department to protect
01:24Donald Trump and people associated with Jeffrey Epstein.
01:28Schumer says Senate Democrats will review unredacted files in the coming days, and they are demanding
01:34preservation of all internal records tied to the release. The Justice Department insists it
01:40complied with the law.
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