Deputy Attorney General says it’s ‘laughable’ DOJ would take down photographs from Epstein information due to Trump | EUROtoday

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche on Sunday mentioned it’s “laughable” to assume the Department of Justice would take away a photograph from the Epstein information as a result of it options President Donald Trump.

Blanche defended the truth that pictures had been redacted after initially being launched on Friday, together with data from the DOJ’s investigation into convicted intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein, saying their removing had “nothing to do” with Trump.

“There are dozens of photos of President Trump already released to the public, seeing him with Mr. Epstein,” Blanche mentioned on NBC’s Meet the Press Sunday morning.

“The absurdity of us pulling down a single photo because President Trump was in it is laughable,” he mentioned. “And the fact that everybody’s trying to act like that’s the case is a reflection of their true motivation.”

At least 16 information disappeared Saturday from the Justice Department’s public webpage for paperwork associated to Epstein – together with {a photograph} displaying Trump – lower than a day after they had been posted, with no rationalization for his or her removing.

The lacking information, which had been accessible Friday and now not accessible by Saturday, included pictures of work depicting nude girls, and one displaying a collection of pictures on prime of a desk and in drawers.

In that picture, inside a drawer amongst different photographs, was {a photograph} of Trump, alongside Epstein, Melania Trump and Epstein’s longtime affiliate Ghislaine Maxwell.

The unexpectedly lacking information fueled on-line hypothesis over what was taken down, and what could also be getting lined up in consequence.

Blanche tried to place an finish to the theories, defending the images that had been redacted on Meet the Press.

“There were a number of photographs that were pulled down after being released on Friday. That’s because a judge in New York has ordered us to listen to any victim or victim rights group if they have any concerns about the material that we’re putting up,” he tried to clarify, later noting he doesn’t know for positive if anybody within the photograph was a sufferer of Epstein.

He additionally famous that the information would later be added again to the division’s web site.

“We are, in every way, shape and form, complying with the statute, which, by the way, is what President Trump has been asking us to do since before he was elected,” Blanche continued.

“There is nothing that he has to hide in the Epstein files, there never was. And even though there’s repeated attempts by Democrats to paint him as being part of the Epstein saga, it’s failing over and over again.”

Congress ordered the Justice Department to launch all information associated to the Epstein case by Friday, although solely a small fraction have been made publicly accessible as a result of delicate nature of the supplies.

The information launched Friday provided little new details about disgraced financier Epstein, who died by suicide in 2019 in a Manhattan jail cell whereas awaiting his intercourse trafficking trial.

Fresh accusations of a cover-up have since emerged after the {photograph} that includes the president was taken down from the Epstein information library over the weekend.