'Gone!' Internet cries 'cover-up' as damning Trump allegations yanked from Epstein dump
The internet was in uproar Friday after several newly released documents in the Jeffrey Epstein files were pulled from the Department of Justice website, including one document that included an FBI tip from a woman who claimed her friend was forced as a young teenager to perform a sex act on President Donald Trump.
The Department of Justice published 3 million additional pages of documents related its investigation of the late sex offender and his trafficking network. One email, which has since been removed, contains summaries of complaints received through the FBI's National Threat Operations Center (NTOC), which receives, evaluates and processes public tips about alleged crimes or threats.
Trump has not been convicted or formally accused of any wrongdoing in connection with Epstein. It's unclear what prompted the DOJ to remove the document, which is one of a number that has been reportedly pulled from the library of materials.
On social media, users reacted to the DOJ's move to pull the allegations.
"I saw this in the DOJ's published cache earlier this morning, and now it is gone. Checked some other files and this fairly damning link summary leads to another pulled file. I was viewing on my phone, so didn't save anything. I hope others had a chance to download the files before they were deleted," researcher Jocelyn Leitzinger wrote on Bluesky.
"It would be interesting to see the dates involved with the Epstein reports. Which sadly weren't in the screenshots and now the primary document has been pulled. Does seem like FBI might've missed the pieces there. While Donald Trump has long been a household name, Epstein was intentionally not," user Keith wrote on Bluesky.
"Apparently! Donald Trump’s DOJ is actively removing documents they just released from the Epstein files. This one here, EFTA01660679, where someone accuses Trump of rape, is gone, it 'can’t be found on the Department of Justice website,'" user Lucas Sanders wrote on X.
"They just deleted this from the website-ongoing coverup," user Mason wrote on X.
"And big surprise they deleted this," attorney Paul Feinstein wrote on X.