USA Justice Department: Epstein files not changed in Trump's favor

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20.12.2025 - 17:54

ARCHIVE - Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche speaks to the media in the White House briefing room in Washington as President Donald Trump looks on. Photo: Manuel Ceneta/AP/dpa/Archive
ARCHIVE - Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche speaks to the media in the White House briefing room in Washington as President Donald Trump looks on. Photo: Manuel Ceneta/AP/dpa/Archive
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The US Department of Justice has said it has not altered any files in the release of files relating to the scandal surrounding the death of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in order to protect President Donald Trump. Nothing is being withheld because of this, said Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche on ABC News.

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Blanche also denied the question of whether there had been an order to edit material on the Epstein scandal that had a connection to the president. He went on to say, "President Trump has made it clear from the beginning that he expects all files that can be released to be released - and that's exactly what we're doing."

Trump knew Epstein well, as previous photos show. However, there is no evidence of the Republican's involvement in the scandal, and Trump himself has always denied any allegations of this kind.

Although Trump appears sporadically in the documents that have now been published, initial analysis suggests that there is hardly any new information about the relationship between Epstein and Trump. The US President did not comment initially.