A page of the newly-released Epstein files that contained salacious and unverified accusations regarding President Trump briefly disappeared minutes after being posted on the Justice Department's website.
The page contained unconfirmed accusations that had been investigated regarding the President, some dating back 35 years ago. Despite the page disappearing, a description of the material still remained on the Justice Department's Epstein library.
Roughly an hour after the page's removal, the documents were restored to the site.
Back up https://t.co/u1ANAOT2VE https://t.co/xPwJqBY73b
— Jake Tapper 🦅 (@jaketapper) January 30, 2026
The removal and restoration comes shortly after U.S. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche told ABC News that the president was not protected in the release of more than 3.5 million documents.
"We comply with the act, and there is no 'protect President Trump.' We didn't protect or not protect anybody," Blanche told ABC News. "I mean, I think that there's a hunger or a thirst for information that I do not think will be satisfied by the review of these documents. And there's nothing I can do about that."
Congress passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act on Nov. 19, setting a 30-day deadline for the release of documents. Although thousands of documents were released within that period, 6 million more documents were subject to review. Today, Blanche announced the release of 3.5 million documents, as well as 2,000 videos and 180,000 images.
Epstein, a disgraced financier who had ties to prominent individuals, killed himself in jail in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. Epstein's primary accomplice and former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, was convicted of sex trafficking and is serving a 20-year-sentence, the Associated Press reported.
