Photograph of Donald Trump together with 16 recordsdata ‘disappear’ from Epstein launch

Greater than a dozen recordsdata launched by the US Justice Division in relation to Jeffrey Epstein have now disappeared.

A photograph of President Donald Trump is among the many now-missing paperwork, prompting politicians to accuse the White House of orchestrating a ‘cowl up’.

Individuals have been pouring over the most recent dump of court docket data, footage and pictures since they had been launched on Friday (19 December) – however now, some have them have vanished. A minimum of 16 recordsdata which had been uploaded to the US Division of Justice web site are not accessible to view.

Questions on ‘transparency’ are actually being raised, as one of many photographs which has seemingly been eliminated included President Trump.

The {photograph} in query lies within an open drawer alongside varied different snaps and paperwork, and seems to indicate the commander-in-chief, 79, together with his spouse Melania, Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.

Different photographs – together with some which confirmed work of nude ladies – have additionally disappeared.

The Justice Division did not instantly handle the matter, however stated in a put up on X on Saturday (20 December): “Images and different supplies will proceed being reviewed and redacted in keeping with the regulation in an abundance of warning as we obtain extra info.”

Democrats on the Home Oversight Committee additionally took to social media within the search of solutions.

The put up learn: “This photograph, file 468, from the Epstein recordsdata that features Donald Trump has apparently now been faraway from the DOJ launch. AG Bondi, is that this true?

“What else is being lined up? We’d like transparency for the American public.”

One other stated: “This can be a White House Cowl-Up.”

The recordsdata associated to convicted intercourse offender Epstein had been launched a month after the Epstein Information Transparency Act was handed, however numerous them are closely redacted.

New York senator Chuck Schumer stated what we have seen to this point is ‘only a fraction of the entire physique of proof’, whereas saying that sharing pages of blacked out textual content ‘violates the spirit of transparency and the letter of the regulation’.

Reacting to the elimination of a few of the recordsdata, Schumer stated in a put up on X: “This might be one of many greatest cowl ups in American historical past.”

Congresswoman Shontel Brown agreed, as she stated in her personal put up: “Trump and his lackeys have confirmed one factor – they’re completely dedicated to the coverup.”

There’s nonetheless extra Epstein recordsdata to come back, because the Justice Division stated the data will likely be launched on a rolling foundation. This has additionally annoyed politicians, on condition that Congress ordered that all the recordsdata had been to be launched on Friday.

“They’re completely in violation of the regulation, they simply admitted they had been in violation of the regulation,” Democrat Suhas Subramanyam, from the US Home oversight committee, stated.

“The regulation stated they wanted to launch the whole lot by at the moment. Not beginning at the moment, not a part of it at the moment, all of it by at the moment. There’s no excuse for this. They’re in violation of the regulation and we are going to pursue each potential authorized avenue.”