Trump complains about Epstein files distracting from his agenda as DOJ comes under fire over limited release
Source: The Independent
Monday 22 December 2025 21:34 EST
President Donald Trump has criticized the release of thousands of documents from cases against Jeffrey Epstein, warning they could ruin the reputation of high-profile figures who were innocently photographed alongside the convicted sex offender and deflect from his administrations accomplishments.
In his first public remarks since the Department of Justice started to publish thousands of images and heavily redacted materials, the president said the release of images of former President Bill Clinton and others photographed with Epstein is a terrible thing.
You probably have pictures being exposed of other people that innocently met Jeffrey Epstein years ago, Trump said from his Mar-a-Lago property in Florida. A lot of people are very angry that pictures are being released of other people that really had nothing to do with Epstein, but theyre in a picture with him because he was at a party, and you ruin the reputation of somebody.
Growing pressure from members of Congress to release the long-awaited files is merely an attempt to deflect from the tremendous success of the Republican Party and the Trump administration, and Republican lawmakers who support the disclosures are being used, the president told reporters. The Justice Department failed release all of the files related to Epsteins cases in its possession despite federal law signed by Trump requiring his administration to publicly disclose everything it has by last Friday, December 19.
Read more: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-epstein-files-doj-release-b2889267.html
EarthFirst
(3,926 posts)an innocent man would have put this behind him twelve months ago.
BumRushDaShow
(165,170 posts)and the fact that they are trickling it out is something that actually helps Democrats because those on the Committees that have access to the files from the Epsten Estate, have already been doing the drip drip drip already.
It must indicate that it is so bad that it would take ALL of the people they pulled from the investigative agencies to do idiotic "immigration" work, to clear out the movers and shakers and 45 from the files.
mwmisses4289
(3,097 posts)Beginning to sound like the epstein thing is starting to get under someone's skin.
oasis
(53,308 posts)holler even louder.
Hugin
(37,316 posts)I dont see how a few files would interfere with that.
OldBaldy1701E
(9,991 posts)PatSeg
(51,968 posts)his "agenda" is destruction and retribution on a massive scale. He makes it sound like he is actually doing something presidential.
Hugin
(37,316 posts)Granted to him by the SCrOTUS.
You are correct. His real intention is to kill and maim the American population and eventually the world.
PatSeg
(51,968 posts)of destroying the U.S. democracy once and for all.
J_William_Ryan
(3,280 posts)Trump and his fellow incompetent goons grossly mismanaged the whole Epstein thing, creating outrage and a controversy easily avoided.
azureblue
(2,649 posts)So, some of the documents were redacted in word, and it didnt take long for someone to figure out that a simple copy / paste removes the black squares. My guess is some ninny at the FBI wasnt savvy enough to know how to permanently redact, so some slipped through. There may be more, and there may be other techniques, such a precise color filtering, that will uncover the blacks outs. So far 945 pages have been gone through, and here they are
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1HFqpFLOJgYLiAgjTe7aqRGiZRRSNCRtf
PatSeg
(51,968 posts)wanted the unredacted files to get out to the public.
BumRushDaShow
(165,170 posts)and not using actual "redaction software" or have the add-on modules to do that in Adobe, etc. That type of tech has been out for like 30 years.
SomedayKindaLove
(1,174 posts)Sounds like he cant get it up to rape children anymore
Javaman
(65,052 posts)Rebl2
(17,334 posts)little toddler president having a tantrum 🙄
Martin68
(26,940 posts)Justice matters.
(9,281 posts)one way or another, then to make don jr, eric, and his corrupt sil richer using taxpayers money.
The national debt is like his personal piggy bank!
Oh, and to hell with the laws, regulations and roadblocks to his never-ending malfeasance!
Impeach, remove, and send to his nursing home, locked up in his room wearing a straight jacket!
robbob
(3,739 posts)think they can rape 12 year olds and walk away unpunished. You know, people like you.
That is why a lot of people are angry. 😠