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It is not clear why the FBI officials created the list of allegations related to Trump last year.
Trump has long denied any wrongdoing related to Epstein.
The documents include more than a dozen allegations.
“Yellow highlighting is for the salacious piece,” one official writes to explain how the allegations were being sorted.
Two versions of the document appeared to have been removed from the Justice Department’s website for a time on Friday afternoon before they were restored without any apparent changes.
A DOJ official said the document was down “due to overload” and was back online.
The allegations appear to be unverified, and the officials note that some are secondhand information.
The document notes that in many instances, there was no contact made with the individuals who sent in the allegations, or no contact information was provided.
Some of the allegations were followed up on.
“Was there anything in the file re follow up with the below individuals? 302s. etc?” one official writes.
“As everything that was sent to the FBI by the public was included in the production that is responsive to the Act.
“Some of the documents contain untrue and sensationalist claims against President Trump that were submitted to the FBI right before the 2020 election.
“To be clear, the claims are unfounded and false, and if they have a shred of credibility, they certainly would have been weaponised against President Trump already.”
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