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Contempt threat pries loose FBI notes on Trump sex abuse allegation DOJ fought to withhold

Attorney General Todd Blanche’s Justice Department turned over to a federal judge FBI notes in which a woman says President Donald Trump sexually abused her as a child after sex offender Jeffrey Epstein introduced them, under threat of sanctions. The Justice Department said in a court filing Friday that it hand-delivered a binder of the notes to the…

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