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mysteryowl

(9,054 posts)
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 05:49 AM 9 hrs ago

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

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Exclusive: Justice Department withheld and removed some Epstein files related to Trump (Original Post) mysteryowl 9 hrs ago OP
Did Pam, Kash, and Todd really think agingdem 9 hrs ago #1
Let's look at the last week..., underpants 6 hrs ago #9
They are backed into a corner with no good alternatives thought crime 3 hrs ago #13
Trump surrounds himself with amoral grifters, losers, agingdem 2 hrs ago #15
Oh look, another court order that has been flushed down the toilet. OldBaldy1701E 8 hrs ago #2
And no one is arrested. Our courts and LEO have failed us. travelingthrulife 6 hrs ago #7
Criminals, all. Joinfortmill 7 hrs ago #3
Consciousness of guilt. It needs to be spread around that these attempts to Karadeniz 7 hrs ago #4
Absolute power corrupts ABSOLUTELY. NoMoreRepugs 7 hrs ago #5
One day the FBI workers will testify about the deletion/cover up. Marcuse 7 hrs ago #6
"Oh Yeah? What are ya gonna do abut it?? Oink Oink Oink Oink" NBachers 6 hrs ago #8
That's shocking! William Seger 5 hrs ago #10
I love NPR, but I'm not sure how exclusive this story is ... we all knew it was happening, didn't we? ificandream 5 hrs ago #11
Exclusive for THIS aspect of discovery mysteryowl 2 hrs ago #14
Laws mean squat to this administration and republianmushroom 4 hrs ago #12
So the incriminated have destroyed incriminating evidence? live love laugh 1 hr ago #16

agingdem

(8,816 posts)
1. Did Pam, Kash, and Todd really think
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 06:16 AM
9 hrs ago

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

(195,844 posts)
9. Let's look at the last week...,
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 09:31 AM
6 hrs ago

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 won’t flush on our $13B aircraft carrier the USS Gerald Ford

The DOJ continues as less than well oiled propaganda machine.

thought crime

(1,422 posts)
13. They are backed into a corner with no good alternatives
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 12:06 PM
3 hrs ago

This is how criminals make mistakes. They only have bad choices. These people should realize they are the new version of Trump's foolish Kraken team of Sidney Powell, Rudy Giuliani, etc. who sacrificed their careers and legal standing for this idiot.

agingdem

(8,816 posts)
15. Trump surrounds himself with amoral grifters, losers,
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 01:16 PM
2 hrs ago

sex offenders, sadists, criminals, and corrupt billionaires...look at his cabinet and his coterie of "advisors"...Lutnick, Homan, Hegseth, Bondi, Noem, Miller, Patel, Leung, Kushner, Navarro, Carr....all unserious/all shameless and all a version of Trump...and until the electorate holds then accountable, because the Congress will not, these posers will continue to humiliate the the United States...

OldBaldy1701E

(10,844 posts)
2. Oh look, another court order that has been flushed down the toilet.
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 07:42 AM
8 hrs ago

Whatever shall we do?

(Probably nothing.)

Karadeniz

(24,738 posts)
4. Consciousness of guilt. It needs to be spread around that these attempts to
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 08:26 AM
7 hrs ago

remove evidence are still evidence.

ificandream

(11,820 posts)
11. I love NPR, but I'm not sure how exclusive this story is ... we all knew it was happening, didn't we?
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 10:39 AM
5 hrs ago

But I give them credit for the details in their report. Hopefully, this story will be deepened with more evidence.

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