Trump’s Epstein coverup seemingly caught in real time

On 19 December, Donald Trump’s Justice Department finally released the Epstein Files.

Which is to say they released about 10% of them.

90% of which they redacted.

Donald Trump – or 468 of him – in the Epstein files

Still, though, we did get to see some new photos like File 468, which demonstrated Jeffrey Epstein had a drawer full of pictures of Donald Trump for some reason:

The DOJ forgot to scrub some photos of Trump with women(girls?) that were in a drawer in Jeffrey Epstein's desk.

What's especially revealing about this, is that the drawer appears to be entirely dedicated to photographs of Donald Trump.

Let that marinate.

This was very likely… pic.twitter.com/a69OWFaylt

— Johnny Loveless (@JohnnyLoveless) December 19, 2025

So, the fact that they released this image proves that they are somewhat serious about…

…and the file is no longer there:

BREAKING:

🇺🇸 File 468, one of the few files that showed Trump is now missing

They deleted that one, which looks like the clearest sign yet of a cover-up. pic.twitter.com/FXXUaPmcVk

— Megatron (@Megatron_ron) December 20, 2025

This stinks

Earlier this year, the US congress passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act which required the Justice Department to publish all of the documents relevant to Epstein. While it was permissible to redact information and images relevant to victims, it was not permissible to redact information to protect individuals’ reputations and/or feelings.

It certainly wasn’t permissible to delete files after the fact when they clearly did not contain redactable material, and yet here we are:

File "468," which featured a photograph of Trump with young women in swimsuits burried in a drawer, has been pulled from the DOJ's website.

The original URL for the file now brings you to a page that reads "AccessDenied" pic.twitter.com/dWGnzz5jUZ

— Alexander Willis (@ReporterWillis) December 20, 2025

As one user highlighted, the image is not available in the Justice Department’s list of files, and yet it can still be found in the searchable ‘Epstein Files Browser’ that a user uploaded to GitHub:

The justice department released a file which had trump in (File 468), but then withheld it from the website? I was only able to find this from the https://t.co/NX7GXZhg6G site. #EpsteinFiles pic.twitter.com/FOYCBYHW8e

— mabel!! 👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩 (@2huyuri) December 20, 2025

It’s unclear precisely what Trump and his lackeys are up to, but if they’re trying to cover up the image, it’s clearly going to result in the Streisand effect:

We will not let them cover up file 468 pic.twitter.com/RQAZshShPU

— tre¥ (@wholelottatr3y) December 20, 2025

Oh, and reportedly they’re also ‘doctoring’ files too:

Wild — as the community note says, Trump’s DOJ released a publicly available pic of MJ & Clinton & Diana Ross with their own kids and implied it’s them with victims

They aren’t just redacting, they’re doctoring pic.twitter.com/WkwDocBejK

— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) December 20, 2025

This is already looking like the clumsiest cover up in history, and yet somehow things will no doubt get worse from here.

Featured image via The Epstein Files