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   Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said Sunday that federal   
   investigators are unable to investigate various tips the FBI received   
   about President Trump’s alleged involvement with Jeffrey Epstein.   
      
   Blanche told host Dana Bash on CNN’s “State of the Union” that some tips   
   were anonymous and relied on second-hand information, which he said is   
   “not something that can be really investigated.”   
      
   Among the nearly 3 million additional documents related to the convicted   
   sex offender the Department of Justice (DOJ) released on Friday are   
   allegations about Trump and Epstein the FBI received as tips through its   
   National Threat Operations Center.   
      
   Emails between DOJ staffers show that the tips were compiled as   
   information from “Trump accusers” in August. Parts of the document show   
   the FBI contacted many, but not all, of the initial callers, with some   
   tipsters not leaving their information.   
      
   But, as of Sunday morning, the list of tips regarding the president was no   
   longer available on the DOJ’s publicly available database. The Hill has   
   reached out to the DOJ for comment.   
      
   Blanche said Sunday that the index of tips also included allegations   
   regarding other politicians and famous people. A search of the DOJ’s   
   database for Trump results in more than 1,800 results, with some   
   references to the president in articles that Epstein sent or received.   
      
   “There are all kinds of people that are mentioned in the quote ‘Epstein   
   files’ that we had to look at,” Blanche noted.   
      
   The DOJ, meanwhile, said Friday there was no validity to the tips   
   regarding Trump.   
      
   “This production may include fake or falsely submitted images, documents   
   or videos, as everything that was sent to the FBI by the public was   
   included in the production that is responsive to the [Epstein Files   
   Transparency] 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,” a DOJ   
   spokesperson said in a statement.   
      
   https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5717221-trump-epstein-tips-   
   doj-investigation/   
      
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