{"id":194401,"date":"2025-12-21T20:40:22","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T20:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-anger-grows-about-redactions-apparent-removal-of-epstein-files-from-doj-website-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2025-12-21T20:40:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T20:40:22","slug":"trump-news-at-a-glance-anger-grows-about-redactions-apparent-removal-of-epstein-files-from-doj-website-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-anger-grows-about-redactions-apparent-removal-of-epstein-files-from-doj-website-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump news at a glance: Anger grows about redactions, apparent removal of Epstein files from DoJ website – The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"

Justice department hit with legal threats after authorities release limited, heavily redacted trove<\/a> of files in apparent violation of Epstein Transparency Act. Key US politics stories from 20 December 2025
Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s justice department was hit with legal threats and scathing outrage after authorities released a limited, heavily redacted trove<\/a> of Jeffrey Epstein files in an apparent violation of the law mandating the near-complete disclosure of these documents by Friday.
\u201cThe justice department\u2019s document dump this afternoon does not comply with [Republican] Thomas Massie and my Epstein Transparency Act,\u201d Ro Khanna, the California Democratic congressman who co-authored the law requiring full disclosure of all Epstein files by 19 December, said in a video statement<\/a>.
\u201cIt is an incomplete release, with too many redactions. Thomas Massie and I are exploring all options,\u201d he also said, among them possible impeachment of justice department officials, finding them in contempt of Congress<\/a>, and the possibility of \u201creferring for prosecution those who are obstructing justice\u201d.
Frustration mounted on Saturday as the US justice department released some new Jeffrey Epstein files, including transcripts, while removing more than a dozen others from its website with no explanation.
At least 16 files disappeared from the department\u2019s public webpage, according to an Associated Press tally. The documents included images of paintings depicting nude women, and one showing a series of photographs along a credenza and in drawers. In that image, inside a drawer among other photos, is a photograph of Trump, alongside Epstein, Melania Trump and Epstein\u2019s longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell. \u201cUnfortunately, today\u2019s document release by @AGPamBondi and @DAGToddBlanche grossly fails to comply with both the spirit and the letter of the law that @realDonaldTrump signed just 30 days ago. @RepRoKhanna is correct,\u201d Republican Kentucky representative and co-author of the legislation, Thomas Massie, said on X.
Massie said a future justice department \u201ccould convict the current AG and others because the Epstein Files Transparency Act is not like a congressional subpoena which expires at the end of each Congress\u201d.
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US forces on Saturday apprehended a second merchant vessel carrying oil off the coast of Venezuela<\/a> in international waters in the midst of an American blockade against the country\u2019s oil, according to the US homeland security department.
The British maritime risk management company Vanguard told Reuters the vessel was believed to be the Panama-flagged Centuries and was intercepted east of Barbados in the Caribbean Sea.
The stoppage follows the seizure<\/a> by US forces of another oil tanker off Venezuela\u2019s coast on 10 December.
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A spokesperson for Bill Clinton<\/a> accused the White House late on Friday of using him as a scapegoat after pictures of the former president with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein<\/a> and Ghislaine Maxwell, as well as with a young woman in a pool, were included as part of the congressionally ordered release of government files.
\u201cThe White House hasn\u2019t been hiding these files for months only to dump them late on a Friday to protect Bill Clinton,\u201d the spokesperson said. \u201cThis is about shielding themselves from what comes next, or from what they\u2019ll try and hide forever.\u201d
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The US economy<\/a> has come under pressure in 2025 with the golden age promised by Trump upon his return to office in January yet to take hold. On two areas the president pledged to rapidly improve \u2013 jobs and prices \u2013 the results have so far been lackluster.
Jobs growth has stalled, with an average of 55,000 jobs added each month, according to official data for the first 11 months of the year, down 67% on 2024.
The headline unemployment rate, which fluctuated between 3.9% and 4.2% in the last year of Joe Biden\u2019s presidency, climbed in November to 4.6% \u2013 its highest level in more than four years.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
Lawyers for Luigi Mangione, accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in December 2024, are attempting to avoid the death penalty and throw out two federal charges <\/a>in the justice department\u2019s case against him, arguing that the attorney general, Pam Bondi<\/a>, is biased because she used to work at a lobbying firm that represents the health insurer.
Companies and institutions that have fallen in line with the Trump administration\u2019s anti-DEI and anti-immigration policies are being boycotted by some consumers. More than 220 organizations have joined a campaign called We Ain\u2019t Buying It<\/a> calling on people to not shop at various large retailers.
Los Angeles cultural institutions are teaming up to launch a response to federal immigration raids <\/a>in the nation\u2019s second-largest city, projecting illuminated images<\/a> of everyday LA residents in support of the thousands of people who have been detained this year.
Catching up? Here\u2019s what happened 19 December 2025<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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