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An NPR investigation finds that the Justice Department has withheld or removed some pages in the public database of the Jeffrey Epstein files.
These missing files are related to allegations that President Trump sexually abused a minor around 1983.
There are records that show the FBI interviewed this accuser of Trump four times when she was an adult.
But only one of the interviews is in the public database, and it does not mention Trump at all.
Trump has consistently denied wrongdoing.
The former British ambassador to the United States has been released on bail after he was arrested yesterday.
NPR's Lauren Freyer reports from London, Peter Mandelson was fired over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
Around 2 a.m.
a cab pulled up outside Mandelson's north London home.
And the former ambassador got out.
Police say he was released on bail, pending further investigation.
Mandelson is also a former MP and government minister,
accused of passing government secrets to Jeffrey Epstein.
The latest DOJ files reveal Mandelson apparently forwarded market-sensitive documents to Epstein to share with bankers,