"But the reality is anybody, any victim, any victim's lawyers, any victim rights group can reach out to us and say, 'Hey, Department of Justice, there's a document, there's a photo, there's something within the Epstein files that identifies me.' And we will then of course pull that off and investigate it."
"No, that's not what I'm saying. If we believed that photograph contained a survivor, we wouldn't have put it up in the first place without redacting the faces,"
"But notwithstanding what we believe, we don't have perfect information. And so when we hear from victims' rights groups about this type of photograph, we pull it down and investigate. We're still investigating that photo. The"
The Department of Justice removed at least 16 files from the public Epstein document webpage less than a day after posting. One removed file, file 468, showed a drawer with photographs including one featuring Donald Trump with Jeffrey Epstein, Melania Trump and Ghislaine Maxwell, and another showing Trump surrounded by women. The DOJ cited victim-protection obligations under a New York judge's order and federal law prohibiting release of material that could identify survivors. The DOJ does not believe the image depicts survivors but pulled the photo after receiving concerns and is investigating.
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