As soon as new Epstein-related documents dropped, President Donald Trump made headlines for all the wrong reasons. So, the social media handle of the DoJ declared any allegations against Trump in the documents “untrue,” “sensationalist,” and “unfounded.”
The Department of Justice dropped nearly 30,000 more pages tied to the Epstein case and then immediately tried to pre-chew the public reaction. On its official X account, it wrote:
Some of these documents contain untrue and sensationalist claims made against President Trump that were submitted to the FBI right before the 2020 election. To be clear: the claims are unfounded and false, and if they had a shred of credibility, they certainly would have been weaponized against President Trump already.
But the DoJ’s job is to release records, protect victims, and explain the process. They’re not supposed to preemptively narrate what Americans are supposed to think about what they’re reading. And the line they chose to sell the dismissal is even stranger. If the allegations “had a shred of credibility,” the DoJ argues, they “would have been weaponized” against Trump already.
DOJ’s Transparency comes with editorial notes
In the X post, the DoJ frames the documents as a transparency flex while simultaneously insisting the claims are false. Which, sure, is one way to do “transparency.”So, release the files, then tell everyone what conclusions they’re allowed to draw from them. Sounds convenient.
They also suggest that because these claims weren’t used against Trump by his opponents already, they’re untrue. But the moment the government starts laundering a preferred narrative alongside primary-source material, what’s the point of releasing the material at all?
This controversy lands on top of another unsettling detail emerging now. According to Axios, the White House has begun managing the DOJ’s X account during the Epstein disclosure sprint. So, the question isn’t only about what the documents say now, it’s about why the Justice Department is posting like a Trump’s rapid-response team in the first place.
DoJ defended Trump after Epstein’s letter to Nassar went public
After already calling all allegations against Trump in the Epstein documents false, the DoJ also issued a separate post about a purported Epstein letter to Larry Nassar. In the letter, Epstein wrote to Nassar that Trump shares their “love of young, nubile girls.”
The DoJ wrote in the post that the FBI concluded the letter was fake. They cited issues like handwriting mismatch, a postmark after Epstein’s death, and missing required jail mail identifiers. The post ended with another note ensuring Trump’s defense, reading:
This fake letter serves as a reminder that just because a document is released by the Department of Justice does not make the allegations or claims within the document factual.
If it were posted alone, it would seem like the DoJ was doing something closer to its actual job. They clarified provenance and authenticity. But they didn’t do anything like such to debunk rumors going on about other figures named in he documents, including Bill Clinton.
That post, stitched together with the earlier “sensationalist” post, creates a pattern. The DoJ is actively manipulating perception. But even their defense is full of flaws. “If it were true, Biden would’ve used it” is not a legal argument. It’s a cynical admission that the DoJ thinks the public should measure truth by whether it was politically convenient to deploy.
Published: Dec 25, 2025 09:54 am