{"id":2523753,"date":"2025-12-21T12:44:01","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T17:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-removed-trump-photo-from-epstein-files-page-over-victim-concerns-blanche\/"},"modified":"2025-12-21T12:46:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T17:46:04","slug":"doj-removed-trump-photo-from-epstein-files-page-over-victim-concerns-blanche","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-removed-trump-photo-from-epstein-files-page-over-victim-concerns-blanche\/","title":{"rendered":"DOJ removed Trump photo from Epstein files page over victim concerns: Blanche"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdoj-removed-trump-photo-from-epstein-files-page-over-victim-concerns-blanche%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2523753&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche explained that the Department of Justice (DOJ) removed several Jeffrey Epstein-related documents, including photos of President Donald Trump, from their recently launched &#8220;Epstein Library&#8221; website. The files had initially been released under the Epstein Files Openness Act, but 16 documents were taken down following concerns expressed by victims and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/massive-human-trafficking-bust-sees-368-arrested-131-rescued-in-california\/\" title=\"Massive Human Trafficking Bust Sees 368 Arrested, 131 Rescued in California\">victim advocacy groups<\/a>, as mandated by a New York judge. blanche emphasized that the DOJ is fully complying with the law and responding to victim concerns by removing or redacting sensitive content. He denied that there is any incriminating data about Trump in the files, stating that repeated efforts by Democrats to link Trump to Epstein&#8217;s crimes have failed. The DOJ aims to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-rico-defendants-lawyer-admits-to-leaking-witness-video-to-the-press\/\" title=\"... RICO defendant&#039;s lawyer admits to leaking witness video to the press\">balance transparency<\/a> with respect for victims&#8217; rights during the ongoing document release.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Blanche says DOJ removed Trump photo from Epstein files webpage over victim concerns<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2450454\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche addressed the disappearance of several <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jeffrey-epstein\/\">Jeffrey Epstein<\/a>-related <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/epstein-files\/\">documents<\/a> this weekend, saying the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-justice\/\">Department of Justice<\/a> removed the documents following concerns from victims.<\/p>\n<p>The DOJ began releasing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-maricopa-county-delete-all-of-its-2020-election-results\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Did Maricopa County Delete All Of Its 2020 Election Results?\">files related<\/a> to the disgraced financier on Friday, creating the &ldquo;Epstein Library&rdquo; in response to the newly signed Epstein Files Transparency Act. But by Saturday night, the DOJ had <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4135274\/multiple-documents-epstein-files-disappear\/\">scrubbed 16<\/a> of the published files, including one that featured photos of President Donald Trump. Blanche responded to concerns over the deletion in an appearance on NBC&rsquo;s <em>Meet the Press<\/em> on Sunday morning.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4192119\/kaine-says-bill-clinton-should-address-epstein-file\/\">Kaine says Bill Clinton &#8216;should address&#8217; appearance in Epstein file photos<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4135274\/multiple-documents-epstein-files-disappear\/\">Multiple documents in Epstein files disappear as release continues<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4074900\/new-epstein-files-reveal-photos-bill-clinton-posing-unidentified-women\/\">New Epstein files reveal photos of Bill Clinton posing with unidentified women<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/4108405\/trumps-alcoholics-personality-comes-through-white-house-report-card\/\">TRUMP&rsquo;S &lsquo;ALCOHOLIC&rsquo;S PERSONALITY COMES THROUGH: WHITE HOUSE REPORT CARD<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There were a number of photographs that were pulled down after being released on Friday. That&rsquo;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&rsquo;re putting up,&rdquo; Blanche said.<\/p>\n<p>Of the removed files, several included pictures of female nude paintings and a drawer that held several photographs, including a picture of Epstein with President Donald Trump, Melania Trump, and Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell. Blanche said the DOJ is &ldquo;in every way, shape, and form complying with&rdquo; the Epstein Files Transparency Act.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When we hear concerns, whether it&rsquo;s photographs of women that we do not believe are victims or we didn&rsquo;t have information to show that they were victims but we learned that there are concerns, of course, we&rsquo;re taking that photograph down and we&rsquo;re going to address it. If we need to redact faces or other information, we will, and then we&rsquo;ll put it back up,&rdquo; Blanche said.<\/p>\n<p>Blanche did not specify exactly which photographs were of concern. <\/p>\n<p>The deputy attorney general insisted that &ldquo;there is nothing that he has to hide in the Epstein files. There never was,&rdquo; referring to Trump, adding that &ldquo;repeated attempts by Democrats to paint him as being part of the Epstein saga&rdquo; are consistently failing. <\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4135274\/multiple-documents-epstein-files-disappear\/\">MULTIPLE DOCUMENTS IN EPSTEIN FILES DISAPPEAR AS RELEASE CONTINUES<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When NBC&rsquo;s Kristen Welker asked Blanche if there was any redacted information about Trump in the released or to-be-released files, he said, &ldquo;No, not unless it&rsquo;s supposed to be redacted under the law, which means victim information or any sort of privilege, like <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >attorney-client privilege<\/a>.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But I have no reason to believe that the lawyers that were working on this case were talking about President Trump because he had nothing to do with the Epstein files,&rdquo; Blanche continued. &ldquo;He had nothing to do with the horrific crimes that Mr. Epstein committed.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blanche: DOJ removed Trump photo from Epstein files over victim concerns<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3976,"featured_media":2523754,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/todd-blanche.webp?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[25914,7076,9006,3634,69199],"class_list":["post-2523753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-blanche","tag-doj","tag-epstein","tag-trump","tag-victim-concerns"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/todd-blanche.webp?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2523753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3976"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2523753"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2523753\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2523757,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2523753\/revisions\/2523757"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2523754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2523753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2523753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2523753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}