Exclusive: Justice Department withheld and removed some Epstein files related to Trump
Source: NPR
The Justice Department has withheld some Epstein files related to allegations that President Trump sexually abused a minor, an NPR investigation finds. It also removed some documents from the public database where accusations against Jeffrey Epstein also mention Trump.
Some files have not been made public despite a law mandating their release. These include what appears to be more than 50 pages of FBI interviews, and notes from conversations with a woman who accused Trump of sexual abuse decades ago when she was a minor.
NPR reviewed multiple sets of unique serial numbers appearing before and after the pages in question, stamped onto documents in the Epstein files database, FBI case records, emails and discovery document logs in the latest tranche of documents published at the end of January. NPR's investigation found dozens of pages that appear to be catalogued by the Justice Department but not shared publicly.
The Justice Department declined to answer NPR's questions on the record about these specific files, what's in them, and why they are not published.
This collage shows photos of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell on a plane, as well as black-and-white photos of students playing in an orchestra and a girl near a cabin. There are also fragments of documents showing over $350,000 in donations from Epstein to the Interlochen Center for the Arts.
Other files scrubbed from public view pertain to a separate woman who was a key witness for the prosecution in the criminal trial of Epstein's co-conspirator, Ghislaine Maxwell, who is serving a 20-year prison sentence for sex trafficking. Maxwell is seeking clemency from Trump.
Read more: https://www.npr.org/2026/02/24/nx-s1-5723968/epstein-files-trump-accusation-maxwell
agingdem
(8,813 posts)disappearing Trump's name from the Epstein files would never come to light?...the audacity of their shear incompetence/sloppiness is almost comedic...almost
underpants
(195,834 posts)The actual President of the United States tweeted about deploying two hospital boats that are currently dry docked in Alabama
The Director of the FBI was seen publicly binge drinking.
The toilets wont flush on our $13B aircraft carrier the USS Gerald Ford
The DOJ continues as less than well oiled propaganda machine.
OldBaldy1701E
(10,844 posts)Whatever shall we do?
(Probably nothing.)
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(20,732 posts)Karadeniz
(24,738 posts)remove evidence are still evidence.
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