Deputy Attorney General Explains Why Photos Disappeared From Epstein Files
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Todd Blanche said it's "laughable" the Justice Department would pull anything because of Trump.
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said the Jeffrey Epstein files removed from the Department of Justice’s website Saturday have “nothing to do” with President Donald Trump.
“There are dozens of photos of President Trump already released to the public, seeing him with Mr. Epstein,” Blanche said Sunday on “Meet The Press.”
He continued: “The absurdity of us pulling down a single photo because President Trump was in it is laughable,” he said. “And the fact that everybody’s trying to act like that’s the case is a reflection of their true motivation.”
On Saturday, at least 16 files related to the Epstein case disappeared from the Justice Department’s website after they were uploaded the day before. One of the photos in the files that was removed was a photo of a drawer full of photos, including a photo of Trump, alongside Melania Trump, Epstein, and Epstein’s longtime associate, Ghislaine Maxwell.
Blanche said that photo was removed because “a judge in New York” instructed the Justice Department to listen to any victim or victims’ rights group if they have concerns about something in the files, and if they reach out and ask for the photos to be taken down, then the Justice Department will oblige. He added that he doesn’t have “perfect information” and doesn’t know for sure if anyone in the photo was a victim of Epstein.
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