"Late Friday, the department published a trove of documents to meet a deadline mandated by an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote in Congress, though not all the Epstein files were released, and many that were made public have been heavily redacted. There was little mention of Trump in the text that was available, and White House officials highlighted photos of former President Bill Clinton."
"But an image of a desk with several pictures on it included one showing Trump's face. It was originally listed as EFTA00000468, but it no longer appears on the list of "data set 1" files and is not accessible online anymore. "This photo, file 468, from the Epstein files that includes Donald Trump has apparently now been removed from the DOJ release,@AGPamBondi is this true? What else is being covered up? We need transparency for the American public.""
"The Justice Department didn't immediately respond to a request for comment. It said on X that it hasn't redacted any names of politicians, pointing to comments from Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche. "The only redactions being applied to the documents are those required by law - full stop," he said. "Consistent with the statute and applicable laws, we are not redacting the names of individuals or politicians unless they are a victim.""
The Justice Department released a trove of Jeffrey Epstein-related documents to meet a Congressional deadline while withholding some files and heavily redacting many others. A desk image among the files included a photograph showing Donald Trump's face, originally listed as EFTA00000468, which later disappeared from the "data set 1" list and became inaccessible online. House Oversight Committee Democrats flagged the removal and called for transparency. The department said on X that names of politicians have not been redacted unless they are victims, citing Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche.
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