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orleans

(36,681 posts)
Fri Dec 19, 2025, 04:59 PM Dec 19

"Just tried to search for Trump's name in the Epstein files library on the DOJ's website. You'll be *shocked* to learn t

Just tried to search for Trump’s name in the Epstein files library on the DOJ’s website. You’ll be *shocked* to learn that there’s no mention of him whatsoever!

Just tried to search for Trump’s name in the Epstein files library on the DOJ’s website. You’ll be *shocked* to learn that there’s no mention of him whatsoever!

Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen.bsky.social) 2025-12-19T21:15:29.877Z


of course this is no surprise but it pisses me off

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"Just tried to search for Trump's name in the Epstein files library on the DOJ's website. You'll be *shocked* to learn t (Original Post) orleans Dec 19 OP
CIA is fine with taco in white house Captain Zero Dec 19 #1
I just searched onCIA, C.I.A. And Central Intelligence Bureau....no hits any of them, same as when I searched MLAA Dec 19 #4
How bad Traildogbob Dec 19 #5
"He put his name on the Kennedy Center and had it removed from the Epstein Files." (Bluesky comment) sop Dec 19 #2
I searched on: MLAA Dec 19 #3
Based on the disclaimer: Disaffected Dec 19 #6
Let the motions and lawsuits to compel compliance begin. pat_k Dec 19 #8
PDFs can easily be made searchable these days Diraven Dec 19 #10
Yeah, I thought about that possibility. Disaffected Dec 19 #11
see how long it takes for results for the word "the" or "is" nt orleans Dec 19 #12
Of course Rebl2 Dec 19 #7
And that will be challenged and I can't imagine any... pat_k Dec 19 #9

Captain Zero

(8,756 posts)
1. CIA is fine with taco in white house
Fri Dec 19, 2025, 05:04 PM
Dec 19

They are part of it. Epstein was a CIA operation.
Look for CIA in the Epstein files.
That will be an interesting find/no find.

MLAA

(19,670 posts)
4. I just searched onCIA, C.I.A. And Central Intelligence Bureau....no hits any of them, same as when I searched
Fri Dec 19, 2025, 05:15 PM
Dec 19

on Senators nd Congressman.

Traildogbob

(12,562 posts)
5. How bad
Fri Dec 19, 2025, 05:17 PM
Dec 19

Does it need to get before God sends Jesus to DC to start throwing tables and raging at billionaires? Then how long will it take to choose a genetically perfect family to get a boat, massive store bought (no trump gonna labor to build a fucking thing), a yacht preferably, then repopulate after killing the rest of us? Fuck the animals, unless they need dogs and cats to eat. Who will he choose, Joel Olsteen or the trump KKKlan. The trump spawn will have no problem ethically, fucking sisters, swapping wives and fucking momma to repopulate. Will Jr have to actually marry his possible third wife, (two after procreating) to be allowed to join and be a baby machine for the new world?
What about Boats with Coke (Jr’s)?? Can God blow them up to protect America and his new white species to try again?
A nation of hopeful Christian’s wanna know.
Just saying.

sop

(17,507 posts)
2. "He put his name on the Kennedy Center and had it removed from the Epstein Files." (Bluesky comment)
Fri Dec 19, 2025, 05:04 PM
Dec 19

MLAA

(19,670 posts)
3. I searched on:
Fri Dec 19, 2025, 05:13 PM
Dec 19

Senator: no results
Congressman: No results

Rape: I got a few files and the first I looked at was an ad/brochure for a Rape Crisis Center. Then it wouldn’t let me go back to open others and instead sent me back in line to wait.

Disaffected

(6,171 posts)
6. Based on the disclaimer:
Fri Dec 19, 2025, 05:26 PM
Dec 19

"In view of the Congressional deadline, all reasonable efforts have been made to review and redact personal information pertaining to victims, other private individuals, and protect sensitive materials from disclosure."

I would not expect much. Note the "other private individuals" and "protect sensitive materials from disclosure" bits - could be construed to redact just about anything.

As well, it appears most of it is presented in PDF format so how could a "search" work in such cases?

"Don't you love farce......." (from Send in the Clowns).

ETA:

Judging from how fast the "No results found" reply appears and considering the volume of documents and the number of queries that must be coming in, I'm guessing the search facility isn't even functional.

pat_k

(12,665 posts)
8. Let the motions and lawsuits to compel compliance begin.
Fri Dec 19, 2025, 06:04 PM
Dec 19

Aside from victim protection, I don't think the law stated anything about protecting information arbitrarily deemed "sensitive" or "private individuals" arbitrarily deemed in need of protection.

Classification of information is subject to judicial review.

And there will be challenges.

There is no way they can keep the lid on indefinitely given the number of people who have seen various parts of these files over many years.

Diraven

(1,831 posts)
10. PDFs can easily be made searchable these days
Fri Dec 19, 2025, 06:13 PM
Dec 19

With OCR and AI. Doesn't matter how old the documents images are.

Disaffected

(6,171 posts)
11. Yeah, I thought about that possibility.
Fri Dec 19, 2025, 08:27 PM
Dec 19

I'm willing to bet though that the DOJ's search engine doesn't do that (and it appears it is not actually doing anything at all).

pat_k

(12,665 posts)
9. And that will be challenged and I can't imagine any...
Fri Dec 19, 2025, 06:09 PM
Dec 19

... court not declaring such scrubbing of trump a violation of the law given the public interest in knowing the extent to which the man occupying the white house was, or was not involved -- whether it be facilitating the "business," turning a blind eye, or as a client.

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