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Trump accused of Epstein ‘coverup’ to ‘protect pedophiles’

On 19 December, Donald Trump’s Justice Department finally released the so-called ‘Epstein Files’. There was a problem, however, in that they didn’t release all of the files. Making matters worse, they heavily redacted the files they did release. As a result, president Donald Trump and his team have made themselves look more suspicious than ever:

The Trump Epstein coverup

Until this year, the government was unable to release certain files relating to Epstein and his alleged accomplices because of the trial / appeal of his right hand woman Ghislaine Maxwell. This changed when Congress passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which made it both legal and mandatory for the Justice Department to publish all of the Epstein documents. Despite this, the released files are incomplete and heavily redacted:

As a result of the redactions, Democrat and Republican politicians have accused the Justice Department of breaking the law:

Trump eventually supported the Epstein Files Transparency Act after initially opposing it. At the same time, he also ordered a new investigation which many suspected was instigated solely to provide cover for future redactions:

One person who commented on the state of the release was journalist Julie K Brown. Brown was pivotal in bringing the Epstein case to national attention, leading to the arrests of Epstein and Maxwell. Speaking to the BBC, Brown said:

I’m still going through it, of course, but it’s just a lot of material that is either dated, that we already knew about it, or heavily redacted.

So it doesn’t make sense. A lot of these redactions just frankly don’t even make sense

At the same time, she praised the victims who have fought to get this far:

I think the fact that we’ve even gotten this far is worthwhile and certainly the victims should be credited. They’re the heroes here who have fought really hard for transparency and for accountability and to hold some of these men accountable.

What’s there

Despite the redactions, there is new material in the latest release, including this harrowing image of the dead paedophile with a child in his lap:

The released files may also prove that the attorney general Pam Bondi previously lied (depending on how she was defining ‘associates’):

Bondi herself said the following post-release:

There’s also this:

People have additionally highlighted this exchange between Trump, Epstein and a 14-year-old girl:

 

While this exchange was already exposed back in 2020, it’s avoided widespread public attention before now.

End game

On the same day that his justice department released the Epstein Files, Trump gave a rally. People noted that Trump’s age was showing at the event:

Trump has also been avoiding questions around the release:

Between his political failures, suspected criminality, and advanced age, it’s no wonder Trump’s polling is in the toilet:

While he may be losing the support of anti-paedophile Americans, however, Trump does seemingly still enjoy the backing of Reform UK and GB News:

Featured image via Justice Department

By Willem Moore

This post was originally published on Canary.