Many were disappointed — though perhaps not surprised — when the Justice Department’s long-awaited document dump on its investigation into Jeffrey Epstein came heavily redacted. In February, it tepidly released files that detailed little that wasn’t already publicly known, and sparked outrage in July when the DoJ said it would no longer release additional files to the public. In addition to the redactions, over a dozen photos were removed from the initial release, including a photo of Trump alongside Epstein. In an official statement posted on X, the DoJ said that anything in the Epstein files that makes Trump look bad are “sensationalist” lies. “Some of these documents contain untrue and sensationalist claims made against President Trump that were submitted to the FBI right before the 2020 election,” the DoJ statement read.