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Trump’s Epstein coverup seemingly caught in real time

On 19 December, Donald Trump’s Justice Department finally released the Epstein Files.

Which is to say they released about 10% of them.

90% of which they redacted.

Donald Trump – or 468 of him – in the Epstein files

Still, though, we did get to see some new photos like File 468, which demonstrated Jeffrey Epstein had a drawer full of pictures of Donald Trump for some reason:

So, the fact that they released this image proves that they are somewhat serious about…

…and the file is no longer there:

This stinks

Earlier this year, the US congress passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act which required the Justice Department to publish all of the documents relevant to Epstein. While it was permissible to redact information and images relevant to victims, it was not permissible to redact information to protect individuals’ reputations and/or feelings.

It certainly wasn’t permissible to delete files after the fact when they clearly did not contain redactable material, and yet here we are:

As one user highlighted, the image is not available in the Justice Department’s list of files, and yet it can still be found in the searchable ‘Epstein Files Browser’ that a user uploaded to GitHub:

It’s unclear precisely what Trump and his lackeys are up to, but if they’re trying to cover up the image, it’s clearly going to result in the Streisand effect:

Oh, and reportedly they’re also ‘doctoring’ files too:

This is already looking like the clumsiest cover up in history, and yet somehow things will no doubt get worse from here.

Featured image via The Epstein Files

By Willem Moore

This post was originally published on Canary.