FBI Forced to Reveal New Details on How It Redacted Epstein Files

FBI agents received specialized training to redact documents from the Jeffrey Epstein files before public release, including instructions to remove mentions of Donald Trump's name, independent journalist Allison Gill revealed Sunday after a year-long Freedom of Information Act lawsuit. Despite the redaction effort, Trump's name appeared more than 38,000 times in the initial release of the files. Federal agents from the FBI and Justice Department, locked in 24- to 48-hour shifts, used Excel spreadsheets to log and mark information for removal, according to accounts Gill obtained from participating agents.