FBI agents assigned earlier this year to review investigative files in the criminal case against notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were instructed to "flag" any documents that mentioned President Donald Trump, Sen. Richard Durbin said Friday.
Ranking member Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., arrives for the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in Dirksen building on Tuesday, June 17, 2025.
Durbin is the ranking Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, which has oversight over the Justice Department and the FBI.
"Who made the decision to reassign hundreds of New York Field Office personnel to this March review of Epstein-related records?"
"Why were personnel told to flag records in which President Trump was mentioned?"
An FBI spokesperson told CNBC in an email, "The FBI has no comment," when asked about Durbin's letters.
"My office was told that these personnel were instructed to 'flag' any records in which President Trump was mentioned.". »