Here's a fun little magic trick from the Justice Department: Release "all" the Epstein files Congress demanded, but somehow make every photo feature Bill Clinton while your boss—who had a decades-long friendship with Jeffrey Epstein—is nowhere to be found.

WHAT'S GOING ON: Trump's DOJ released its first tranche of Epstein documents Friday, and wouldn't you know it, the dump is absolutely stuffed with images of Bill Clinton. Clinton posing with women. Clinton swimming with Ghislaine Maxwell. Clinton in a hot tub with a redacted face. Clinton eating dinner with Mick Jagger and Epstein. Clinton with Michael Jackson. It's basically a Clinton photo album that happens to include a notorious sex trafficker.

Meanwhile, Donald Trump—who partied with Epstein for years, flew on his planes, and hosted him at Mar-a-Lago before their supposed "falling out"—is notably absent from this release. Funny how that works when you control the Justice Department.

OF COURSE: Trump spent months calling this whole thing a "hoax" and claiming Democrats "created the Epstein Files." He only reversed course when Congress voted nearly unanimously to pass the Epstein Files Transparency Act, forcing the DOJ's hand. The law requires the release of "all" files in "searchable" form. But as of Friday afternoon, the search function wasn't working—searching for "Epstein" literally yielded no results. And large portions of the documents were entirely redacted.

BUT BUT BUT: "We're just following the law and protecting victims!" Sure. Except Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna, who led the House fight for these files, is demanding the DOJ explain "each redaction" and why they couldn't meet the deadline for releasing everything. Deputy AG Todd Blanche has already suggested some material could be withheld for weeks. The law says "all." The DOJ apparently reads that as "all the stuff that makes Democrats look bad."

WHY IT MATTERS: This isn't transparency—it's a political hit job disguised as document compliance. Trump ordered his Justice Department to investigate Clinton and other prominent Democrats connected to Epstein while conveniently scrubbing himself from the narrative. Clinton has never been charged with any wrongdoing related to Epstein and has denied involvement with underage women. But context doesn't matter when you control what gets released and when.

BOTTOM LINE: When the guy who partied with Jeffrey Epstein for decades gets to decide which Epstein files the public sees, what you get isn't accountability—it's a cover-up with a Clinton-shaped smokescreen.

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