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A photograph of U.S. President Donald Trump that had been removed from the cache of Jeffrey Epstein files released by the U.S. Department of Justice was restored connected Sunday (December 21, 2025) aft officials determined nary of Epstein’s victims were successful the image, the section said.
The photograph showing a table with an unfastened drawer containing a photograph of Mr. Trump with assorted women was flagged by the Southern District of New York for reappraisal to support imaginable victims.
“After the review, it was determined determination is nary grounds that immoderate Epstein victims are depicted in the photograph, and it has been reposted without immoderate alteration oregon redaction,” the Justice Department said connected X connected Sunday.
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said earlier on Sunday his bureau removed the photograph due to the fact that of concerns astir women successful the photo. “It has thing to bash with President Trump,” Mr. Blanche said during a Sunday morning quality connected NBC’s “Meet the Press with Kristen Welker.”
The Justice Department released thousands of documents connected Friday related to Jeffrey Epstein, a convicted enactment offender who committed termination successful 2019. But it has drawn criticism, including from immoderate Republicans, implicit extended redactions and fewer documents mentioning Mr. Trump contempt his well-publicised relationship with Epstein.
During an ABC News interrogation connected Sunday, Democratic House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries called for a “full and implicit probe arsenic to wherefore the papers accumulation has fallen abbreviated of what the instrumentality intelligibly required.”
Up to 16 photos, including the table drawer Trump image, were removed connected Saturday from the Justice Department website, according to The New York Times, NPR and the Associated Press, though Reuters could not independently corroborate the removals.
The Justice Department said connected Sunday it acted with an abundance of caution aft receiving requests from alleged victims and their lawyers to region information.
Mr. Trump has not been accused of wrongdoing and has denied knowing astir Epstein’s crimes.
