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kentuck

(115,330 posts)
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 10:58 AM Yesterday

Are Trump and his DOJ destroying Epstein files?

Are they redacting those files that might incriminate Donald Trump or are they shredding them?

This might be one time where the crime is much bigger than the cover-up?

There are millions of pages that have not been seen by the Congress, contrary to the law signed by Trump himself.

Will the Congress ever see them?

Or will they only get to see those that have not been shredded?

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Are Trump and his DOJ destroying Epstein files? (Original Post) kentuck Yesterday OP
Probably so. And with Bondi and Patel with access to all the documents seized at Merde-a-Lardo, I fear those will be jls4561 Yesterday #1
They're mostly digital files C_U_L8R Yesterday #2
Get in trouble? Who will ever hold them accountable? chicoescuela Yesterday #3
I'd say more likely than not. I assumed they were destroying them CousinIT Yesterday #4
Even worse than actually destroying the hard files... Hugin Yesterday #5
TrumPuStein. mercuryblues Yesterday #6
If They Can, They Are. MineralMan Yesterday #7
I'm sure they are. intheflow 23 hrs ago #8
I don't want to be a Debbie Downer but probably MustLoveBeagles 22 hrs ago #9

jls4561

(2,993 posts)
1. Probably so. And with Bondi and Patel with access to all the documents seized at Merde-a-Lardo, I fear those will be
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 11:03 AM
Yesterday

“lost” also, even if flat face Cannon doesn’t declare Jack Smith report on super secret double probation for all eternity.

C_U_L8R

(49,200 posts)
2. They're mostly digital files
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 11:04 AM
Yesterday

They’d have to go back and find every copy and backup and backups of the backups.
Not impossible but they could just get themselves into more trouble.

chicoescuela

(2,911 posts)
3. Get in trouble? Who will ever hold them accountable?
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 11:10 AM
Yesterday

The crime is way worse than any cover up.
I hope I live long enough to hear the truth.

CousinIT

(12,412 posts)
4. I'd say more likely than not. I assumed they were destroying them
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 11:27 AM
Yesterday

around the time Bondi said: "Nothing to see here. We're not releasing them, and there are no more investigations."

It's a crime syndicate, after all, so why wouldn't they destroy them? It's what crime syndicates do.

Hugin

(37,710 posts)
5. Even worse than actually destroying the hard files...
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 11:38 AM
Yesterday

Trump’s co-conspirators in government and media positions are destroying the context of the events and attempting to squelch and/or normalize the horrors of the Trump Epstein syndicate.

intheflow

(30,109 posts)
8. I'm sure they are.
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 01:03 PM
23 hrs ago

I take some heart, cold comfort that it may be, that many nations have their own Epstein files. And seeing how much Trump is in what we’ve seen of our domestic files, I’m sure other nations can contribute to his war crimes tribunals.

MustLoveBeagles

(15,498 posts)
9. I don't want to be a Debbie Downer but probably
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 01:08 PM
22 hrs ago

They'll keep anything incriminating to Democrats.

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