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Justice Department will correct redaction errors in recently released Epstein files

The Department of Justice is now agreeing to correct redaction errors in its latest batch of files connected to Jeffrey Epstein, according to lawyers representing survivors of the convicted sex offender.

One of those lawyers told a judge that after discussions with the DOJ, they "trust that the deficiencies will be corrected expeditiously and in a manner that meaningfully protects victims from further harm."

Lawyers previously said more than 100 women had their names made public after the DOJ released more than 3.5 million pages on Friday. And there have been thousands of instances of survivors' personal information being made public.

"Names, IDs, emails. All sorts of personal information was out there," said survivor Lisa Phillips. "It just doesn't make sense to me. I feel like it's very deliberate."

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Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) sits on the House Oversight Committee, which is overseeing the Epstein investigation.

"The fact that that somebody's name was, was put out, in an error or whatever, to me, it's egregious and, and, and that just it can't be," Burchett said.

Attorney General Pam Bondi blamed redaction mistakes on various factors including "technical or human error."

The Justice Department did not respond to a Scripps News inquiry into when redaction mistakes would be fixed.

TRUMP ON EPSTEIN | Trump says US should move on from Epstein files, lashes out at reporter for pressing questions

This comes as President Donald Trump says it's time to move on from focusing on Epstein.

"I think it's really time for the country to get onto something else," the president said on Tuesday.

Democrats immediately fired back.

"You want us just to forget about it and move on? What about the survivors?" asked Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA). "It just shows how immature, venal, corrupt the elite in this country are that they're saying 'let's just move on.'"

Anti-ICE protests in Minneapolis set to continue into the weekend as arrests mount

Unrest in Minneapolis is set to stretch into the weekend.

Demonstrators are protesting outside a federal building again on Friday after clashes intensified the night before.

The Department of Homeland Security says it arrested 12 anti-ICE protesters who it alleges were assaulting officers.

Scripps News Group cameras captured one woman being detained Thursday night.

On Friday, Democratic congressional lawmakers held a hearing in Minnesota bashing the Trump administration's deployment of federal immigration officers to the state and calling for them to leave.

"The Trump administration is abusing its power of the federal government to deny people their civil rights and subjecting them to violence," said Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN).

"What we are witnessing right now is unprecedented," said Rep. Ilan Omar (D-MN).

"What we're seeing on our streets is unnecessary abuses of force. This is an invasion for the sake of creating chaos by our own federal government," said Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey.

RELATED NEWS | Trump threatens to invoke Insurrection Act amid Minnesota ICE tensions

But DHS is standing by its operation and highlighting some of the 2,500 undocumented migrants it says it's arrested in Minneapolis under its current deployment.

"Scores and scores of murderers, child pedophiles gang members, known and suspected terrorists, these are all the people that we've arrested in Minneapolis, and DHS and Secretary Noem, President Trump have done a phenomenal job of trying to give people transparency on who we are arresting," said DHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin.

A majority of Americans say President Trump has gone too far in deporting migrants living in the U.S. illegally. However nearly as many say the president's actions have been about right or have not gone far enough.

Minnesota leaders push back on federal presence as tensions rise over latest DHS shooting

On Thursday President Trump threatened to institute the Insurrection Act, to potentially deploy the U.S. military or federalize the national guard to quell ongoing anti-ICE protests in Minneapolis.

"We did discuss the Insurrection Act. He certainly has the constitutional authority to utilize that," Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said.

The president's threat comes after another shooting involving a federal officer Wednesday night.

Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara pleaded with protesters in the aftermath of the shooting to leave the area. He said crowds that gathered afterward were breaking the law and throwing fireworks at police officers.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey blamed federal agents' presence for the unrest and violence.

"We have ICE agents throughout our city and throughout our state who, along with border control, are creating chaos," Frey said.

And Minnesota's governor Tim Walz on Wednesday accused them of raining down trauma on the community.

"Let's be very, very clear. This long ago stopped being of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of Minnesota by our own federal government," Walz said.

RELATED NEWS | 'Organized brutality:' Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz condemns ICE's immigration crackdown

Federal officials explained the Wednesday shooting on Thursday. The Department of Homeland Security says officers stopped someone who was in the U.S. illegally from Venezuela, who then fled in his vehicle and crashed into a parked car and fled on foot.

An officer eventually caught up to the subject but was allegedly assaulted by him.

DHS says two other people then attacked the officer with a "snow shovel and broom handle."

Officials say the agent feared for his life and shot the initial subject in the leg.

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