13 Photos Removed from Epstein Files on DoJ Website

In a Friday release, the Justice Department opened thousands of Epstein-related documents to public view, but by Saturday at least 13 photos had disappeared without explanation. The missing images were among the digitized materials and appeared to relate to a room described as a small massage parlour with clouds painted on the ceiling and brown patterned wallpaper studded with multiple nudes. Some items appear to be photographs, others artwork.

One image is described as showing a credenza desk in Epstein's home with an open drawer filled with photos, including a photograph of the president with Epstein, first lady Melania Trump, and Epstein's convicted associate Ghislane Maxwell. Framed photos also sit atop the desk.

The materials also show that ten of the missing files depict the same room with similar scenery, raising questions about the scope of the removals and what was deliberately hidden. Most of the women pictured on the wall have their faces redacted. In one file, a face is redacted there but plainly visible in three other files, while another face remains unredacted in all the files, and a painted image of the same person is also visible elsewhere.

On Saturday, Democrats from the House Oversight Committee, who questioned the removals, posted the missing Trump photo on social media and asked Attorney General Pam Bondi whether it was true that the image had been removed. They demanded transparency for the American public and urged the department to explain what had happened to the missing visuals.