DOJ Misses Deadline To Release Epstein Files

Friday, December 19, 2025

The Department of Justice will not be releasing all of its files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein by Friday's deadline, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said Friday morning.

Posted by reinheitsgebot at 07:40 PM | 58 COMMENTS | permalink

From photos of former President Bill Clinton to images of strange scrapbooks, the Justice Department's release is curious but far from revelatory.
Here's what's in it"and what's not.[image or embed]
" WIRED (@wired.com) Dec 19, 2025 at 7:36 PM

Comments

Bondi continues to cover up the-------------------'s crimes.

#1 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-12-19 02:15 PM

Was there ever any doubt that they wouldn't comply?

#2 | Posted by qcp at 2025-12-19 02:39 PM

Shocker.

At this point it is safe to say the GOP is the party of pedophiles.

#3 | Posted by jpw at 2025-12-19 02:40 PM

No surprise.

#4 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-12-19 02:41 PM

Donald Trump acts the part of a guilty man.

Not hard at all when you start off by being guilty.

#5 | Posted by Zed at 2025-12-19 02:41 PM

Of course Dracula's Daughter missed the deadline to release the Epstein files.

USAG Pam Bondi was enjoying herself immensely on an all-expenses paid vacation to Europe, courtesy of the hardworking American taxpayer, while we are struggling to figure out how to pay for the increases to our monthly health insurance bills.

Source: USAG Pam Bondi First Class Junket to Europe

"What deadline?"

#6 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-12-19 02:51 PM

Trump breaks the law again.

MAGA doesn't care.

#7 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-12-19 02:53 PM

#7 | Posted by Alexandrite

I wasn't entirely sure, but now I'm convinced...

Donald Trump has sex with kids.

Along with his friends.

In the same room as his friends.

Within sight of his friends.

#8 | Posted by Zed at 2025-12-19 03:58 PM

To be fair, they prolly ran out of black markers to redact Trump's name... they only had a couple of crates of those.

#9 | Posted by Corky at 2025-12-19 05:18 PM

Shocker.

At this point it is safe to say the GOP is the party of pedophiles.

#3 | Posted by jpw at 2025-12-19 02:40 PM | Reply | Flag:

But Biden didn't see the significance in releasing it?

Go blow a frat party bro.

#10 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-12-19 07:49 PM

or suck a pinata dry. your choice..

#11 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-12-19 07:50 PM

Trump is guilty of all of it.

How many ways can he prove it?

#12 | Posted by Zed at 2025-12-19 08:19 PM

PEDO DONNIE raped little girls, Beverly. And you ------- don't care.

#13 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-12-19 09:06 PM

LGH smokes pole and diddles little kids. Rumor has it neighborhood watch is close to learning his identity.

#14 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-12-19 09:39 PM

At this point it is safe to say the GOP is the party of pedophiles.
#3 | Posted by jpw

Have you seen the released images? Clinton is looking bad... really bad.

#15 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-12-19 09:42 PM

Put Danny Bongino on the case. He has long called for the release of the files and built his reputation at the FBI as the one to expose the truth in the files. Get him on the phone, and off his leash. Uh, what was that you said? He did what? Went where? Really? Did-did he know about this mess? Huh. That's a surprise ...

#16 | Posted by catdog at 2025-12-19 09:47 PM

The DOJ ran out of redactor ink.

#17 | Posted by Jaspar at 2025-12-19 09:59 PM

Bubba isn't in the WH, DJT is.

Perhaps that's too complicated for you.

#18 | Posted by Corky at 2025-12-19 10:03 PM

" Bubba isn't in the WH, DJT is.

Perhaps that's too complicated for you.

#18 | POSTED BY CORKY AT 2025-12-19 10:03 PM | FLAG: "

You just let the mask slip. This is purely partisan for you. The only reason you pretend to care about this is you think it might harm Trump.

#19 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-12-19 10:11 PM

If we had justice in this country then Bondi would be held in contempt of Congress but justice no longer exists in the US.

#20 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2025-12-19 10:14 PM

Bondi sucks but removing her for missing a deadline makes no sense.

#21 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-12-19 10:22 PM

removing her for missing a deadline makes no sense.

She'll decide she needs to spend more time with her family.

#22 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-12-19 10:32 PM

Bondi sucks but removing her for missing a deadline makes no sense.

#21 | Posted by BellRinger

She should be removed for illegally appointing attorneys who in turn illegally indicted those who Trump perceive to be his enemies.

#23 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2025-12-19 10:42 PM

Bondi seems to have accidently released some photos of Trump and 'half-naked girls'.

www.youtube.com

about 5 min in

#24 | Posted by Corky at 2025-12-19 10:54 PM

'half-naked girls

Which appears to be women in bikinis

Why not stop with the hyperbole and focus on reality

It serves nothing to make mountains out of molehills when there are mountains to pin on President piggy

#25 | Posted by truthhurts at 2025-12-19 11:06 PM

" She should be removed for illegally appointing attorneys who in turn illegally indicted those who Trump perceive to be his enemies.

#23 | POSTED BY JOHNNY_HOTSAUCE AT 2025-12-19 10:42 PM | FLAG: "

That is true, however Garland did the same thing with Jack Smith which was a shame because the documents case against Trump was legit. That's the problem with a precedent being set.

#26 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-12-19 11:09 PM

I just post news items being reported.

Like this one:

economictimes.indiatimes.com

The 'half-naked girls' phrase is used because that's been the testimony of Michael Wolff; that Epstein showed him such Polaroid photos.

#27 | Posted by Corky at 2025-12-19 11:15 PM

the documents case against Trump was legit.

It was. Then he was elected, so it could no longer be pursued. Truly a shame.

#28 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-12-19 11:17 PM

which was a shame because the documents case against Trump was legit.
#26 | Posted by BellRinger

Wild that you admit that now since you spent the past few years calling that case "lawfare."

#29 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2025-12-19 11:26 PM

" Wild that you admit that now since you spent the past few years calling that case "lawfare."

#29 | POSTED BY JOHNNY_HOTSAUCE AT 2025-12-19 11:26 PM | FLAG: "

I NEVER called that case lawfare. I've always maintained it was legit. As soon as I saw the evidence it was clearly legit. The other cases? Yeah, to varying degrees except for the E Jean Carrol defamation case.

#30 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-12-19 11:31 PM

Why the Epstein Files Could Reshape What We Know About Trump-Era Pageants

www.youtube.com

#31 | Posted by Corky at 2025-12-19 11:46 PM

" Bubba isn't in the WH, DJT is.
Perhaps that's too complicated for you.
#18 | POSTED BY CORKY AT 2025-12-19 10:03 PM | FLAG: "
You just let the mask slip. This is purely partisan for you. The only reason you pretend to care about this is you think it might harm Trump.

#19 | Posted by BellRinger

Dems: "If Clinton is in the files, arrest him."

MAGAts like Jeff: "There is no evidence Donald did anything wrong. If there is evidence, it's fake. If it's not fake and he is a pedophile rapist... You said Pedo! *Drink*"

#32 | Posted by Sycophant at 2025-12-20 02:12 AM

You just let the mask slip. This is purely partisan for you. The only reason you pretend to care about this is you think it might harm Trump.

#19 | POSTED BY BELLRINGER AT 2025-12-19 10:11 PM | REPLY

Your dumb partisan dodge becomes even more worthless the moment your Daddy Trump authorizes a full release of the Epstein files. That's what "the libs" are asking to occur. No one, except maybe Bill Clinton and a few of his friends, gives two rips about what kind of trouble he may find himself in from this. You, on the other hand? You're just covering for Daddy Trump.

#33 | Posted by anton at 2025-12-20 05:39 AM

You just let the mask slip. This is purely partisan for you. The only reason you pretend to care about this is you think it might harm Trump.

#19 | POSTED BY BELLRINGER AT 2025-12-19 10:11 PM | REPLY

#34 | Posted by anton at 2025-12-20 05:39 AM

#32 - 34

Shut the eff up, clowns. I don't give a rip if these files implicate Trump in some way. He's a jagoff and deserves what he gets if evidence shows what you are all convinced of.

And, he and his people revived what was a dead issue. So, in a sense he's brought this on himself.

Fact is, none of you gave a crap about this until you thought that maybe, just maybe, it could be used for partisan reasons. Nobody on the left was talking about this during Biden's term and nobody on the left was demanding release of these files.

Yes, release the damn files. Let the chips fall.

If Trump goes down as a result, so be it. Clinton is no longer politically valuable to you all so he can be discarded. If he still had value you partisan hacks would be fighting release of these files tooth and nail.

#35 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-12-20 10:18 AM

#35

Sure.

The first election I ever voted in was 1992. I voted for Perot. I didn't vote for Clinton in 1996, either. But, keep lying to your clueless self if it makes you feel better.

#36 | Posted by anton at 2025-12-20 10:40 AM

Poor JBelle... assigning motivations is the first sign of having no argument at all.

#37 | Posted by Corky at 2025-12-20 10:47 AM

#36.

Oh gee. You really showed me. You've surely voted straight Dem ever since and that's fine. Just look in the mirror before painting someone else as devout partisan.

#38 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-12-20 10:50 AM

Pedo 47 is a serial------------.

i.imgur.com

#39 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-12-20 11:28 AM

But Biden didn't see the significance in releasing it?

Not everyone is a corrupt piece of s^*% like Trump, idiot. L

That's basically what you're demanding in order to justify being a pedo defender.

#40 | Posted by jpw at 2025-12-20 12:13 PM

#40. Go swallow a dong.

#41 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-12-20 12:46 PM

#35 his usual up front whatever that will soon turn to nitpicking and deflections to ignore evidence.

Your shtick is old, Gutes Deutsch. We all know you're gonna carry the spray tanned turd's water no matter what he does or did.

Pedo protector.

#42 | Posted by jpw at 2025-12-20 12:51 PM

You got some spray tan on your chin and lips, Gutes Deutsch.

Stop projecting.

#43 | Posted by jpw at 2025-12-20 12:52 PM

JPW,

Talk about projection. You spend your days at the struck stop servicing the----------. Your lectures and lame insults are meaningless.

#44 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-12-20 01:10 PM

"Talk about projection. You spend your days at the struck stop servicing the----------."

I was wondering why my irony meter exploded so loudly. Now I know.

#45 | Posted by Danforth at 2025-12-20 01:15 PM

#44 funny. What I say is true. What you say is juvenile bills^%#.

#46 | Posted by jpw at 2025-12-20 01:24 PM

I wonder how many man-hours it took to redact all those pages?

#47 | Posted by rosemountbomber at 2025-12-20 01:30 PM

The brain dead orange pedo can't tell his ex-wives apart from his rape victims.

www.bbc.com

#49 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-12-20 02:32 PM

No mention of trump but plenty of clinton?

coverup.

#50 | Posted by Tor at 2025-12-20 02:43 PM

The brain dead orange pedo can't tell his ex-wives apart from his rape victims.
www.bbc.com

#49 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-12-20 02:32 PM | Reply | Flag: Senile, blind, bald, waddling sex predator leads nuclear-armed country

"Welcome home, Lassie!"

#51 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-12-20 03:04 PM

#38

No, I voted for GWB in 2000. I usually vote third party or independent, but I voted for both Biden and Harris because only a complete degenerate would vote for Trump, even once.

Grow up. We aren't all partisan hacks like you.

#52 | Posted by anton at 2025-12-20 04:29 PM

Bondi sucks but removing her for missing a deadline makes no sense.

#21 | Posted by BellRinger

Are you really so f*&^ing stupid you think the deadline was "missed"?

Whistling past the graveyard, eh pedo defender?

#53 | Posted by jpw at 2025-12-20 05:42 PM

@#53 ... Are you really so f*&^ing stupid you think the deadline was "missed"?

Whistling past the graveyard, eh pedo defender? ...

MAGA rallies around Pres Trump like moths to a flame.

Aimee Mann - The Moth (2002)
www.youtube.com

Lyrics excerpt ...

genius.com

...
[Verse 1]
The moth don't care when he sees the flame
He might get burned, but he's in the game
And once he's in, he can't go back
He'll beat his wings till he burns them black
No, the moth don't care when he sees the flame
No, the moth don't care when he sees the flame

[Verse 2]
The moth don't care if the flame is real
'Cause flame and moth got a sweetheart deal
And nothing fuels a good flirtation
Like need and anger and desperation
No, the moth don't care if the flame is real
No, the moth don't care if the flame is real

[Chorus]
So come on, let's go, ready or not
'Cause there's a flame I know, hotter than hot
And with a fuse that's so thoroughly shot, away
...

#54 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-20 06:42 PM

@#21 ... Bondi sucks but removing her for missing a deadline makes no sense. ...

She apparently ignored a dictum passed by Congress (with only one dissenting vote) and signed into law by Pres Trump.

So, not following the law is a good reason to remove an AG.

Doncha agree?

And, as a follow-up...

Why does not Pres Trump seemed to be at all concerned about AG Bondi not following the law he signed?

#55 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-20 07:50 PM

Republican critics fear incomplete disclosure of Epstein files will loom over midterms
www.reuters.com

... Extensive redactions and the limited number of documents released related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein angered some Republicans and did little to defuse a scandal threatening the party ahead of 2026 midterm elections.

The Trump administration touted this week's release of a cache of Epstein-related files as a show of transparency, but a handful of Republican lawmakers and right-wing media figures joined Democrats in blasting Friday's disclosures as inadequate and possibly in violation of a law that prompted their release. ...

#56 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-20 08:25 PM

Shut the eff up, clowns. I don't give a rip if these files implicate Trump in some way. He's a jagoff and deserves what he gets if evidence shows what you are all convinced of.
And, he and his people revived what was a dead issue. So, in a sense he's brought this on himself.
Fact is, none of you gave a crap about this until you thought that maybe, just maybe, it could be used for partisan reasons. Nobody on the left was talking about this during Biden's term and nobody on the left was demanding release of these files.
Yes, release the damn files. Let the chips fall.
If Trump goes down as a result, so be it. Clinton is no longer politically valuable to you all so he can be discarded. If he still had value you partisan hacks would be fighting release of these files tooth and nail.

#35 | Posted by BellRinger

1. He's already implicated. You don't care.
2. He's already been found to have raped someone. You don't care.
3. The files weren't a dead issue. They were locked up by a judge and DEMOCRATS repeatedly filed motions to get them released. They were finally released in August, 2024. If Biden had investigated Trump, you'd have cried Lawfare...again.
4. You say release the files. But you defend the guy blocking any release and redacting his name.
5. We wouldn't defend Clinton. We didn't defend Anthony Weiner or Al Franken who did FAR less. Democrats kicked them out, not Republicans. YOU are the one defending Trump daily and deflecting like crazy.

The evidence is clear: You support raping underage girls.

But no one is surprised. You ARE a Libertarian. The only two issues you guys agree on is ditching the Civil Rights Act and ditching the Age of Consent.

#57 | Posted by Sycophant at 2025-12-20 09:08 PM

Amazing how someone who doesn't care what happens to Trump spends so much time here obfuscating for him.

It's almost like he's an attention troll.

#58 | Posted by Corky at 2025-12-20 09:16 PM

Ballwasher is a pedo by proxy.

#59 | Posted by jpw at 2025-12-21 11:52 AM

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