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US justice department restores photo featuring Trump from Epstein files
Department says image was flagged by prosecutors before determining it posed no risk to survivors of late sex offender
The US justice department said on Sunday it had restored an image it had removed a day earlier from the public release of investigative files related to Jeffrey Epstein after concluding that the photograph, which included within it a photo of Donald Trump, posed no risk of public exposure to victims of the late convicted sex offender.
The justice department said the image had been flagged by federal prosecutors in New York for potentially exposing victims of Epstein. Its unexplained removal on Saturday triggered a chorus of accusations from Democrats about evident political interference in favor of the president, a former friend of Epstein.
US attorney-general faces contempt push over Epstein files
There is a push to hold US Attorney-General Pam Bondi in contempt of Congress for failing to abide by the legal deadline. (AP: Mark Schiefelbein)
Two congressmen are drafting documentation that will find US Attorney-General Pam Bondi in contempt for not releasing all of the Epstein files by the legal deadline.
The Department of Justice released the first tranche of investigative files into the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Friday, saying hundreds of thousands more would be released in coming weeks.
The House of Representatives would need to vote on the contempt resolution.
Two congressmen say they will recommend United States Attorney-General Pam Bondi be held in contempt of Congress for failing to meet a legally mandated deadline to release the entire tranche of the Epstein files.
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At least 13 photos removed from Justice Department released Epstein files
Items from the Epstein files, including a photo of Donald Trump, were removed by the justice department from its website because of concerns raised by victims, the deputy attorney general said on Sunday.
Todd Blanche rejected criticisms that the removal was related to the US president and said the photo that included him also showed unredacted images of women.
At least 13 files – from thousands released on Friday related to late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein – had disappeared from the website without explanation by Saturday.
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee questioned the images' removal. In a social media post, they asked Attorney General Pam Bondi: "What else is being covered up?"
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