DOJ Drops New Saturday Epstein Files, Deletes Trump Pics
Update (1244ET): The DOJ released three new folders of Epstein files on Saturday. Folder #5 mostly contains what appear to be hard drives and media from both Epstein's lockup at the NY Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) and his property. They also appear to have deleted a file contained in the initial release (see below) that contains a picture of Donald Trump.
Folder #6 is mostly court filings related to Epstein and Maxwell's cases.
Folder #7 contains information from Epstein's 2007 prosecution.
We will update this post if anything of import emerges... Also, since the DOJ placed everything in a PDF file that makes it difficult to navigate, you can browse the first tranche of Epstein files here.
Hilariously (or not) the DOJ appears to have deleted a picture with Trump post-release...
If you look at folder 1 from the initial release (here), document 468 is now missing...
And what was 468? We happen to have it right here! And whose picture is in the drawer?
And apparently there's more:
In addition to EFTA00000468.pdf, the image of President Donald J. Trump, at least 18 other documents and files are discovered to have been removed overnight by the Justice Department from what was released yesterday as part of the Epstein Files. https://t.co/l9dVXhrYZA
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) December 20, 2025
Of note, 680 pages of yesterday's release were entirely redacted. Oh, and here's Epstein's estimated net worth as of June 30, 2019.
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Update (1756ET): What were you expecting?
The 'long awaited' Epstein files were released a few hours ago by the DOJ, as required by the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
TL;DR - A solid collection of new pictures and files with massive redactions throughout, and no bombshells yet.
Click into Nick Monroe's thread of interesting shit if you're curious:
UGH fine. I have the day off from work so I might as well take the time to look at whatever Epstein files drop today.
— Nick Monroe (@lobsterlooker) December 19, 2025
(*And if I get the hankering for it, I'll look over the other recent stuff that came out already.) https://t.co/vEbIblfHRK
A few items we also noticed which might be in Nick's thread;
Bill Clinton:
Trading station or CCTV monitoring station?
Recording and networking equipment:
Closer shot of hard drives and other recovered media:
David Copperfield making Ghislaine's tits disappear:
Oh:
Honeypot of the year shirt?
And yet...
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The Department of Justice will miss today's deadline to release the 'full' Epstein files to Congress as required under new legislation Trump signed into law last month.

Instead, the Justice Department will release "several hundred thousand" documents today, "and then over the next couple weeks, I expect several hundred thousand more," Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche told Fox News, citing the need to redact any names or identifying information about witnesses.
"So today is the 30 days when I expect that we’re going to release several hundred thousand documents today. And those documents will come in in all different forms, photographs and other materials associated with, with all of the investigations into, into Mr. Epstein," Blanche said.
"What we’re doing is we are looking at every single piece of paper that we are going to produce, making sure that every victim, their name, their identity, their story, to the extent it needs to be protected, is completely protected. And so I expect that we’re going to release more documents over the next couple of weeks. So today, several hundred thousand and then over the next couple weeks, I expect several hundred thousand more."
U.S. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche: “Today is the 30 days and I expect we're going to release several hundred thousand [Epstein]documents today, and those documents will come in all different forms — photographs and other materials… just so everybody appreciates —… pic.twitter.com/JM22FXELTx
— RedWave Press (@RedWave_Press) December 19, 2025
Rep Thomas Massie, who was part of a bipartisan duo that pushed to force a vote on the Epstein Files Transparency Act, reminded everyone that today's the day for all records to be released.
— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) December 19, 2025
On Thursday Massie made a video about today's deadline, making it clear that there is no ambiguity within the law.
"This is a very unique situation. … This is a case where the president who appointed the attorney general and for whom the attorney general works has signed the law and the ink is not even dry yet on his signature on this law," Massie said, adding "There’s nothing subject to interpretation."
Our Epstein Files Transparency Act is now law. It establishes a December 19 deadline for the Attorney General to release the Epstein files.
— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) December 18, 2025
In this video, I’ll tell you what to expect in advance of tomorrow's statutory disclosure deadline. pic.twitter.com/7aD7q1kyLC
Meanwhile, Democrats on the House Oversight Committee continue to release new batches of Epstein photos.
#EpsteinFiles 😳 pic.twitter.com/N6sCs5nLta
— swanaamdhanya (@swanaamdhaanya) December 19, 2025
"Oversight Democrats will continue to release photographs and documents from the Epstein estate to provide transparency for the American people," Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) said in a statement. " As we approach the deadline for the Epstein Files Transparency Act, these new images raise more questions about what exactly the Department of Justice has in its possession. We must end this White House cover-up, and the DOJ must release the Epstein files now."
The photos show several images where women's body parts have quotes from the book "Lolita" written on them.
"She was Lo, plain Lo, in the morning, standing four feet ten in one sock," one quote reads.

As ABC News notes further:
There are several images of passports and ID cards for women from Ukraine, the Russian Federation, South Africa, Italy, the Czech Republic and Lithuania. All identifying information has been redacted from the photos. After Epstein's 2006 arrest and jail sentence in Florida for solicitation of a minor, he was alleged to have turned his focus to recruiting young women from Eastern European countries.
A screenshot released Thursday of a text message chat -- whose participants are not revealed -- seems to involve a discussion about recruiting an 18-year-old woman to meet Epstein.
"I will send u girls now," the message says. "Maybe someone will be good for J?"
Interestingly, in the world's most buried lede - the NY Times admits that there's no evidence that Donald Trump participated in Epstein's sex trafficking.
Kind of "burying the lede" here pic.twitter.com/jhgR1nmtPo
— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) December 18, 2025















