Nearly 50,000 Epstein Files Pulled Offline as Questions About Missing Records Mount (3/5/26)

0:00Tyler Reddick here from 2311 Racing. Victory Lane? Yeah, it's even better with Chumba by my side. Race to ChumbaCasino.com, let's Chumba. No purchase necessary, VTW Group, Voidware Prohibited by Law, CTNCs, 21 Plus, sponsored by ChumbaCasino. What's up everyone and welcome to another episode of the Epstein Chronicles. One of the latest controversies to Royal through the world of Epstein has to do with the DOJ and the files that were missing from the Tranche documents released in the Epstein files DOM. And according to the Wall Street Journal and CBS, 47,635 files appear to be missing from the Tranche. And now of course the DOJ says, it was all just a big mistake and they had to be pulled down because some of the files contain fake or false material. That was their excuse.

1:01However, that is not something that's carved out in the law. That's not one of the reasons that they should be holding files back. The only reason they should be holding files back is for an ongoing investigation or to save the privacy of one of the victims or survivors who were named in the documents. Besides that, we should be getting it all. And of course, now that they've been called out, the reason that they give us for pulling these files down is for further review. And they say that they should be ready for reproduction by the end of this week. And I know it's just a coincidence that a lot of those documents have to do with President Trump. Today's article is from the Daily Mail and the headline US to release nearly 50,000 more Jeffrey Epstein files that may contain missing Trump claims. This article was authored by Sabrina Pente.

2:01Up to nearly 50,000 more files linked to convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein will be released later this week and are believed to contain unverified claims about President Donald Trump. Don't they understand how bad the optics are for them when they do this? Especially when they're holding back files that have to do with Trump. And considering all the controversy, you would think that they'd be transparent. Hey, look, these documents, they contain President Trump's name, but here's why we chased them down. We investigated this and nothing came from it. Why is that so difficult to do? Unless, of course, you never investigated and you never even bothered to look into the claims and now you're just saying that they're a bunk. See, that's the big problem for the DOJ, right? They have a big credibility problem and nobody believes anything they say on its face. You need to show us the work, the files, which were mentioned in the trench released in January were withheld by the US Department of Justice

3:02with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche insisting they were withheld to protect survivors. Todd Blanche is a liar, okay? And he should have to pay the penalty for the bullshitties up to right now. Because he's the point man, right? He's one making these decisions, him and Pam Bondi. Of course, Donald Trump is the boss, so the buck stops with him, but the actual decision making on the ground is being done by Bondi and Todd Blanche. And both of them should be held accountable, but they won't be. And that's because Donald Trump's just gonna pardon all these people before he leaves office. You know, one of those blanket pardons like Biden gave to Fauci and the rest of them, we're gonna see that same thing and that's the way it's gonna be moving forward. All these elected officials, these bureaucrats, they're never gonna be held accountable because whoever the president is is just gonna pardon them. So that means the people you and I continue to get fucked

4:03and there's no mechanism to stop these people when they go off the rails. But in a perfect world, a guy like Todd Blanche would have to answer serious questions when he leaves office. Starting with, what's up with Glenn Maxwell? Because that whole entire thing stinks to high heaven. The documents are believed to contain unverified claims about the president, including FBI notes from 2019 interviews with a woman who made allegations against both Epstein and Trump. Look, the American people deserve to see it. We're not talking about a normal guy, right? John Blow from down the block, who is a plumber? That man has a right to privacy. He has a right to not have anybody dig into his life. Donald Trump, on the other hand, well, you chose to be a public figure. You chose to be the president, so you chose to have your life picked apart. And the American people, we demand transparency.

5:05It comes after a Wall Street Journal and CBS analysis found that 47,635 files appeared to be missing from the transit documents released to comply with the Epstein Files Transparency Act. Oh, just an oversight. We had to, you know, go through these and make sure they were cool. And coincidence that they all had Donald Trump's name on them. That had nothing to do with our decision. Nothing to do with it whatsoever. Yo, they really think you're stupid. That's what it comes down to. They think you're stupid as hell. And that you're just going to buy whatever they're pitching you. The department said they had been taken offline for a further review and should be ready for a reproduction by the end of the week. Officials previously stated some files contain fake or false material that were sent to the FBI by the public and may contain untrue and sensationalist claims against President Trump. What about everybody else? Doesn't matter if they have sensationalist claims against them, huh?

6:07Just got to make sure that Donald Trump is taken care of. Make sure the boss isn't brought up. I mean, could the cover up be any more transparent? And you don't have to believe that Donald Trump was engaging in abusing people with Jeffrey Epstein to believe that there's a coverup happening right now. The two aren't mutually exclusive. Donald Trump could be covering this up because he doesn't want to be embarrassed or his friends to be embarrassed. So he has many motivations to keep this stuff on lock. And it's not just about him and any kind of criminality that might have happened with Epstein, it's about the donors, the people around them and the real movers and shakers that are the decision makers behind the scenes. Those are the people that he's trying to protect. And I don't even think there's any debate about that. Now we can talk about the other allegations made against them. And if there's any merit to them, that's certainly a discussion that needs to be

7:08had. But what I'm talking about is right here right now. I don't think there's any doubt that this DOJ led by Bondi and Blanche and directed by Trump has engaged in a cover up. And I think if there was a real investigation into it, there would be zero doubt files that are still public contain a 2025 memo in which federal officials wrote that the woman had said that Epstein introduced her to Trump. And that she claimed that now US president had assaulted her in a violent encounter when she was a minor in 1983. Trump has denied the allegations made against them. And there was no assessment by the FBI about the credibility of her accusation. And that's the biggest problem. You can't just ignore shit. You have to actually investigate even if it's bunk. And you know why? Because a lot of this stuff seems bunk on its face. But once you get into it, you're like, okay, maybe there's something here. So you start digging.

8:08And before you know it, there's a lot of there there. Does that mean that would be the case with Donald Trump and the allegations made against him? Of course not. But once again, alarm calling for is an investigation. Is that too much for people to stomach? God forbid. And I find it crazy because if I was being accused of any of this, I'd want to full on investigation. And I would be as transparent as you could possibly imagine. If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to hide. Do the actions of this administration make it seem to you like they have nothing to hide. The woman was also deemed ineligible for the Epstein Victim Compensation Program, which paid settlements to more than 130 Epstein Victims. A Justice Department official said nothing has been deleted, but Democratic members of the House Oversight Committee,

9:10investigating Epstein, have criticized the redactions. It just looks bad. Even if there's nothing there, it looks bad and optics is so important right now. They still don't get it. They're used in a chain saw when they should be using a scalpel. A Justice Department official said nothing's been deleted, but Democratic members of the House Oversight Committee investigating Epstein have criticized the redactions. The DOJ last month said it was reviewing whether it wrongfully withheld documents in the Epstein files containing allegations against Trump. Under the Epstein File Transparency Act, the DOJ is required to publicize most documents related to the case against Epstein and Glenn Maxwell. And have they done that? No, they haven't. Instead they've played games, talk shit, and caused a scene when they've been called before Congress. And if you pay attention, it's the same stuff Carolyn Levitt does during the press conferences.

10:14But it was on steroids when it comes to Bondy, right? She had like a hit list the whole thing. It was embarrassing. It was disgusting. And it showed just how unserious they are when it comes to this topic. Imagine if they put half the effort into Ashley being transparent as they are in the covering this up. Tyler Reddick here from 2311 Racing. Another checkered flag for the books. Time to celebrate with Chamba. Jump in at chambacasino.com. Let's Chamba. No purchase necessary. BGW Group. Boy, we're prohibited by law. CCNC is 21 plus sponsored by Chamba Casino. The department is only permitted to withhold files under the act if their duplicates, followed under attorney client privilege, could hurt an ongoing investigation, or are completely unrelated to the Epstein and Maxwell cases. Sure doesn't seem like these 47,000 fit into that category or those categories does it. The law specifically prohibits the department from withholding or redacting files

11:16because they could be embarrassing the public officials. Before releasing the trench of files in January, the department adjusts deployed hundreds of attorneys to review the documents, giving them instructions on how to redact and determine whether the files needed to be released under the law. According to the WSJ, what were they doing? All we heard about was all these attorneys were working the weekends. God forbid. And then they come up with this nonsense? Oh, well, we have to pull these down, psych. Let's take another look at them. Who's buying that? Nobody's buying it. You took them down because they were damaging to you. And it was destroying the narrative that you were trying to pitch. That's what you did. So save the BS. The reviewers, many of whom were not familiar with the Epstein case, were then expected to flag any government official and politically exposed person named or referenced in the release material, the blind leading the ignorant.

12:17That's what we had. That's what we still have. And unfortunately, it doesn't seem like it's going to change any time soon. Should any document be found to have been improperly tagged in the review process and in responsive to the act, the department will, of course, publish it consistent with the law, a spokeswoman for the department said in a statement, Deputy Attorney General Blanche, who was overseeing the release of the files, has previously insisted the department complied with the law, and does not withheld documents or adapted information because it could prove embarrassing for Trump or other public figures. This guy is such a BS artist. Good Lord. This guy has done nothing but pitch fairy tales this whole entire time. I can assure you that we complied with the statute and that we did not protect President Trump. He set out a news conference on January 30th. We didn't protect or not protect anybody. A review of the document showed the department of justice released an FBI summary

13:20of the woman's first FBI interview on July 24th, 2019, in which he detailed the assault she faced from the financier on Hilton Head Island beginning when she was around 13 in 1980s. The summary of the interview which came shortly after Epstein was arrested on federal sex trafficking charges does not mention allegations against Trump. And look again, just to be clear, I'm not saying that Trump's guilty of what she's accusing him of. I don't know. What I am saying is that the administration as a whole led by Trump is guilty of a cover-up. That is what I'm claiming, okay? So let's just be clear. But the FBI apparently determined the woman's initial allegation against Trump were significant enough that the agents followed up with her for three more interviews on August 7th, 2019, August 20th, 2019, and October 16th, 2019. Notes from all four FBI interviews with the woman were included on a list of material

14:25provided to Maxwell's defense attorneys in 2021. And were described as non-testifying witness material according to another file in the release. A source familiar with the investigation also told NBC News that the survivor is the same person who made an additional allegation that she was forced into a sex act with Trump when she was about 13 or 14 years old in New Jersey. Now look, even if that's embarrassing and I'm sure it is for Donald Trump. It has to be released. The law states that that has to be released. I mean, it's pretty clear there's no carveouts for that. The accusation was summarized in a document prepared by the FBI last summer in a presentation on the prominent names mentioned in the Epstein and Maxwell cases. The FBI though has said that most of the claims were either deemed not credible or made by people who provided no contact information. At around the same time that she came forward with these allegations, the woman joined the civil law suit against Epstein's estate,

15:30claiming he sexually abused her around 1984. The suit claimed Epstein flew into New York and trafficked her to a prominent wealthy man. However, she was deemed ineligible for the Epstein Victims Compensation Program, and her suit was voluntarily dismissed in 2021, the journal reports. So if you're Donald Trump, why do you want that hidden? Couldn't you just point to that and say, look, this was dismissed. This has nothing to do with me. I was being unfairly targeted. Doesn't that go to your claim and help prove it? But why are you trying to hide it? Why are you trying to sanitize the information that's coming out that shouldn't be sanitized? It's a bad look. And I'll tell you what, whoever's advising the president should be fired. President Trump has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing, and has said that his friendship with Epstein ended before he pleaded guilty to procuring a minor for prostitution in 2008.

16:32By the time Epstein was arrested, again in 2019, Trump said that he hadn't talked to him in about 15 years. Seems like another lie, but okay. A head of the release of the new set of files, a White House spokesperson said, just as President Trump has said, he's been totally exonerated on anything relating to Epstein. Well, that's not true. Unless you think that Bill Clinton can exonerate people who were in Jeffrey Epstein's circle. And if you think that, you should probably find a different topic to talk about. Because nobody's been exonerated, not Bill Clinton, not Donald Trump, not anybody that was around. You want to be exonerated, sit down with the FBI, sit down with investigators, and spill the beans, but until that occurs, I don't want to hear anything about anyone being exonerated. All right, folks, that's going to do it for this one. And just as the heads up, we're going to finish off the Mark Epstein interview with the OIG investigators today,

17:37and then starting tomorrow. We're going to be taking a look at the Tova Noel deposition that was given in the wake of Jeffrey Epstein's death, as we continue to explore the circumstances surrounding the night of Jeffrey Epstein's death. Because there's a lot there, and with all the depositions that I have my hands on now, it's really offering a lot more context. So over the coming weeks, we're going to continue to eat that elephant one bite at a time. All right, folks, all the information that goes with this episode can be found in the description box. Hello, it is Ryan, and we could all use an extra bright spot in our day, couldn't we? Just to make up for things like sitting in traffic, doing the dishes, counting your steps, you know, all the mundane stuff. That is why I'm such a big fan of Chamba Casino. Chamba Casino has all your favorite social casino style games that you can play for free anytime, anywhere with daily bonuses. So sign up now at chamba casino.com. That's chamba casino.com.