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Stargleamer

(2,584 posts)
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 11:08 AM 21 hrs ago

It really seems damning to be caught deliberately. . .

redacting Trump’s name:

🚨 The DOJ appears to have redacted Donald Trump’s name from the allegations made in this exhibit in the Epstein files.

Trump’s name was in the original release. Now, it’s blacked out.

See for yourself.

MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) 2025-12-21T04:56:37.941Z
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It really seems damning to be caught deliberately. . . (Original Post) Stargleamer 21 hrs ago OP
Of course, the mofo is guilty as sin chicoescuela 20 hrs ago #1
This is so blatant. K&R n/t rzemanfl 20 hrs ago #2
What is the justification for the redactions? I know why they are doing it, but under what legal cover? dutch777 20 hrs ago #3
There can be none Wiz Imp 20 hrs ago #4
They claim Trump is a victim Diraven 19 hrs ago #16
They didn't realize Doe is a pseudonym EdmondDantes_ 19 hrs ago #21
official act Oliver Bolliver Butt 18 hrs ago #31
This is blatantly illegal. The Epstein Files Tranparency Act explicitly forbids this. Wiz Imp 20 hrs ago #5
Start bogus Venezuelan War travelingthrulife 20 hrs ago #6
They'll stall as long as they can get away with it PatSeg 20 hrs ago #11
Get the FBI and DOJ right on it Dave says 19 hrs ago #18
When they regularly violate the law and get away with it, there may be no consequences. Lonestarblue 19 hrs ago #19
If the morans had opened an investigation into Trump, it would all be "an ongoing investigation" and exempt. usonian 20 hrs ago #7
The WHOLE fucking justice dept is co-conspirators!! bluestarone 20 hrs ago #8
After Trump PatSeg 20 hrs ago #12
That's very true. BUT bluestarone 20 hrs ago #13
God, I hope so PatSeg 18 hrs ago #26
This also benefits Putin. Kneecap America without firing a shot. Beartracks 18 hrs ago #33
I can visualize his self-satisfied smirk PatSeg 12 hrs ago #36
I hope Democratic leaders can use the cover-up to bring Trump down. I know that to many MAGA, this Doodley 20 hrs ago #9
"The cover up is worse than the crime." sop 20 hrs ago #10
I honestly believe TSF will die bluestarone 20 hrs ago #14
Or be considered mentally unfit to stand trial. BadgerKid 19 hrs ago #17
As Nixon found out, it's not the crime. It's the coverup. mainer 20 hrs ago #15
At least with Nixon, he and his cronies were smart enought NOT to try to withold information already in the public Fil1957 14 hrs ago #34
Who was the girl trying to get away from Chump? nt Ilsa 19 hrs ago #20
I keep remembering Figarosmom 19 hrs ago #22
Is this confirmed anywhere else? Raven123 19 hrs ago #23
I thought Meidas Touch was a trusted source. . . Stargleamer 19 hrs ago #24
I hear you. I'm just very cautious nowadays. Raven123 18 hrs ago #27
The redacted version is dated 12/12/22, the one showing Trump is 01/08/24. muriel_volestrangler 18 hrs ago #30
Most of us assumed he would have the DOJ redact his name. GoCubsGo 19 hrs ago #25
Our own Department of Justice isn't the least bit interested in telling the truth democrank 18 hrs ago #28
What do they care? Nasruddin 18 hrs ago #29
Apparently the regime and its MAGAts believe DOJ malaise 18 hrs ago #32
The Trump Epstein Files coverup is Hassler 12 hrs ago #35
Redactions are all above board. Aussie105 8 hrs ago #37

dutch777

(4,819 posts)
3. What is the justification for the redactions? I know why they are doing it, but under what legal cover?
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 11:20 AM
20 hrs ago

Diraven

(1,792 posts)
16. They claim Trump is a victim
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 12:21 PM
19 hrs ago

Because the law requiring release of the documents didn't exactly define what victim meant.

EdmondDantes_

(1,301 posts)
21. They didn't realize Doe is a pseudonym
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 12:53 PM
19 hrs ago

Honest mistake, could happen to anyone. Plus Trump is a victim and somehow it's Biden's fault.

Wiz Imp

(8,697 posts)
5. This is blatantly illegal. The Epstein Files Tranparency Act explicitly forbids this.
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 11:33 AM
20 hrs ago

They will be found in contempt, likely be multiple Federal Judges. What happens next is unclear, but I remain confident they will not get away with it. This is going to blow up in their faces.

PatSeg

(51,941 posts)
11. They'll stall as long as they can get away with it
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 12:01 PM
20 hrs ago

As president, Trump has all sorts of ways to distract the public, but eventually the truth will come out. Hopefully, he hasn't destroyed everything before then.

Dave says

(5,311 posts)
18. Get the FBI and DOJ right on it
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 12:40 PM
19 hrs ago

I don’t know what remedy, if any, there is to be had. The Trump admin seems to ignore all restraints on exercise of its will.

Lonestarblue

(13,190 posts)
19. When they regularly violate the law and get away with it, there may be no consequences.
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 12:42 PM
19 hrs ago

Judges have ruled against Trump before and been ignored, as when there were told not to deport planeloads of people and did it anyway.

usonian

(23,239 posts)
7. If the morans had opened an investigation into Trump, it would all be "an ongoing investigation" and exempt.
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 11:44 AM
20 hrs ago

But NOOOOOOOOOOOO

I wonder if this one disappeared or was redacted.
Anyone know?



It's archived all over the internet.

bluestarone

(21,054 posts)
8. The WHOLE fucking justice dept is co-conspirators!!
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 11:52 AM
20 hrs ago

Every fucking one of them, along with the rethugs in congress that sit back and allow this bullshit to continue. A person really has to wonder if our military will also get involved to stop us from winning in 2026. Very SCARY times, i'm afraid. TSF has got to DIE! (naturally i mean of course. lol)

PatSeg

(51,941 posts)
12. After Trump
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 12:03 PM
20 hrs ago

It will be hard for the public to ever trust our institutions again, which could be part of the administration's objective.

bluestarone

(21,054 posts)
13. That's very true. BUT
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 12:06 PM
20 hrs ago

Anybody with a brain has gotta know WHO to trust, after these monsters go to prison.

PatSeg

(51,941 posts)
36. I can visualize his self-satisfied smirk
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 07:41 PM
12 hrs ago

as he watches all this dreams exceeding his greatest expectations - destroying the U.S. from within.

Doodley

(11,570 posts)
9. I hope Democratic leaders can use the cover-up to bring Trump down. I know that to many MAGA, this
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 11:52 AM
20 hrs ago

cover-up fully exposed would be a breaking point.

sop

(17,269 posts)
10. "The cover up is worse than the crime."
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 11:54 AM
20 hrs ago

As always, Trump will skate, but the people helping Trump cover up these horrific crimes will pay a steep price.

mainer

(12,488 posts)
15. As Nixon found out, it's not the crime. It's the coverup.
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 12:09 PM
20 hrs ago

And this is a pretty blatant coverup.

Fil1957

(493 posts)
34. At least with Nixon, he and his cronies were smart enought NOT to try to withold information already in the public
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 05:41 PM
14 hrs ago

domain. Trump's crew, by redacting information already available, draw attention to it, and defeat the purpose of their edits.

These folks aren't exactly the "best and the brightest".

Figarosmom

(9,618 posts)
22. I keep remembering
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 12:54 PM
19 hrs ago

Him going on and on about Caroline Leavitt's lips. Makes me wonder if she had them plumbed up all the time for his comfort from her overbite.

Stargleamer

(2,584 posts)
24. I thought Meidas Touch was a trusted source. . .
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 01:01 PM
19 hrs ago

If it’s not, I will delete this post

Raven123

(7,444 posts)
27. I hear you. I'm just very cautious nowadays.
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 01:14 PM
18 hrs ago

As often as they post on their website and YouTube, I haven’t run across anything yet. Maybe too soon

muriel_volestrangler

(105,476 posts)
30. The redacted version is dated 12/12/22, the one showing Trump is 01/08/24.
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 01:57 PM
18 hrs ago

A follow up BlueSky post says the 2022 version comes from
https://www.justice.gov/multimedia/Court%20Records/Giuffre%20v.%20Maxwell,%20No.%20115-cv-07433%20(S.D.N.Y.%202015)/1296-17.pdf
but what I can't tell is if that is "reissued" just now.

GoCubsGo

(34,630 posts)
25. Most of us assumed he would have the DOJ redact his name.
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 01:03 PM
19 hrs ago

It's why they spent a million bucks on a thousand agents working 24/7 to redact stuff. This whole "release" thing is a fucking farce. But, all y'all knew that already. That being said, I'm glad it's being pointed out whenever it shows up.

democrank

(12,056 posts)
28. Our own Department of Justice isn't the least bit interested in telling the truth
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 01:45 PM
18 hrs ago

What a complete failure of leadership, integrity, purpose.

Nasruddin

(1,169 posts)
29. What do they care?
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 01:50 PM
18 hrs ago

Think they're going to feel shame? No, they're shameless the psychopathic lot of them, and their only concern is what their support base (50%+ of the country) feels.
Their cult is fine - whatever Trump does is great, and maybe even mandatory.
The general public doesn't care. They may well be deluded into thinking everybody at the top acts like this. They could even be right!
A few true believers are having existential crises - who cares about them? They're expendable.
The only people who feel shame (empathetically) are us. And we don't matter to them.

malaise

(292,145 posts)
32. Apparently the regime and its MAGAts believe DOJ
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 01:59 PM
18 hrs ago

Means dodge.
Impeachment #3 is coming.

Hassler

(4,735 posts)
35. The Trump Epstein Files coverup is
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 07:41 PM
12 hrs ago

Like a serialized Dickens novel. There's always another chapter

Aussie105

(7,536 posts)
37. Redactions are all above board.
Mon Dec 22, 2025, 12:01 AM
8 hrs ago

Last edited Mon Dec 22, 2025, 01:18 AM - Edit history (1)

Orders to the redaction team was to protect the innocent victims.

Had a few extra 'victim' names added. Trump's included.

Fearless leader must be shown to be perfectly innocent of any and all suspicion.
It's the North Korean way!

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