# The Vanishing Pages: Did the DOJ Withhold Trump-Linked Epstein Records?

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Podcast: [Jeffrey Epstein:  The Coverup Chronicles](https://stenobird.com/podcast/jeffrey-epstein-the-coverup-chronicles-7243585)
Published: 2026-05-28T23:30:02+00:00
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A new NPR investigation has revealed that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) appears to have withheld and even removed dozens of pages from the public database of documents released under the Epstein Files Transparency Act that relate to **sexual abuse allegations involving President Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein. According to NPR, records tied to FBI interviews and notes from conversations with a woman who claims Trump sexually abused her as a minor are absent from the public archive, even though evidence suggests those pages were catalogued and should have been released. Some materials where Trump’s name is mentioned were temporarily taken down and re-uploaded, and others remain unreleased, raising serious questions about whether the DOJ is fully complying with the law requiring transparency about the investigation. Critics argue that this selective release and redaction undermines public trust in the Justice Department’s handling of the Epstein files and appears to protect Trump from scrutiny despite his extensive mentions in the records — Trump’s name appears in tens of thousands of documents in the Epstein archive. Observers say the DOJ’s actions, combined with Trump’s repeated denials of wrongdoing and claims of “total exoneration,” have shielded him from accountability even as other figures tied to Epstein — such as Peter Mandelson — face arrest and legal exposure abroad. This has fueled criticism that the DOJ is more interested in managing political optics than in complete transparency or justice for survivors, weakening confidence in how elite connections to Epstein are investigated. to contact me: bobbycapucci@protonmail.com source: DOJ removed, withheld Epstein files related to accusations about Trump : NPR

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