"Over the weekend, the department quietly removed 16 photographs from the Epstein files website it created to comply with a disclosure statute passed by Congress and signed into law by President Donald Trump. The removals came without notice or explanation. Among the deleted images was one of the few photographs that even indirectly featured Trump, a picture of a credenza drawer inside Jeffrey Epstein's Manhattan home containing other photographs, including at least one of Trump."
"When Democrats on the House Oversight Committee asked whether the Trump-related image had been taken down, the Justice Department declined to respond. What followed made matters worse. In a post on X quoting Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, the Justice Department claimed that photos and other materials will continue being reviewed and redacted consistent with the law in an abundance of caution as we receive additional information."
The Justice Department removed 16 photographs from the Epstein files website that it had published to comply with a disclosure statute. One removed image showed a credenza drawer in Jeffrey Epstein’s Manhattan home containing at least one photograph of Donald Trump; twelve others depicted Epstein’s third-floor massage room, a central crime scene. Some images of the room remained public while others disappeared. The department declined to answer a House Oversight Committee inquiry about the Trump-related image. The Justice Department posted a statement quoting Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche saying materials will continue being reviewed and redacted. The Epstein Files Transparency Act requires mandatory release and permits only limited redactions, without authority to retract records after publication.
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