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Trickle release of Epstein files on a Friday signals move to bury Trump ties


The justice department is using a variety of tactics to try to obfuscate the US president’s connection to the sex offender

The justice department’s partial release of the Epstein files on Friday signaled how the agency is using a variety of tactics to try to bury and obfuscate Donald Trump’s connection to Jeffrey Epstein.

As the department raced towards a legally mandated Friday deadline to release its files, little emerged about what it planned to release. There never really seemed to be a doubt that the department would release the files late on Friday afternoon, deploying the well-worn Washington trick of burying unflattering news before a weekend.

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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/20/epstein-files-release-strategy-trump

Author : Sam Levine in New York

Publish date : 2025-12-20 10:00:00

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