General Discussion

Shortly after the U.S. Department of Justice released a batch of files related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Dec. 19, 2025, an image (archived) depicting President Donald Trump with a young girl — whose face was censored — on what appeared to be a private jet spread online. One post sharing the image on X, which received more than 27 million views as of this writing, read: "They forgot to delete this one."



The earliest version of the image we could find appeared on social media user Keith Edwards' platforms, including YouTube and X (archived). We reached out to Edwards via X and Instagram seeking comment about whether he created the image and whether it was AI-generated or otherwise altered, and will update this report should we learn more.

While Edwards' YouTube account used the image as the thumbnail for a video titled "The FBI forgot to redact this," and he mentioned "one file they forgot to redact" involving Trump "and a 14-year-old girl" (at 0:22), Edwards did not show the thumbnail image during the 10-minute video, indicating it was likely intended as clickbait...