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Mueller She Wrote: All of these "missed" Trump redactions that DoJ is redacting after the fact makes me think there are
Last edited Sun Dec 21, 2025, 01:10 AM - Edit history (1)
heroes “forgetting” to redact his name here and there.All of these “missed†Trump redactions that DoJ is redacting after the fact makes me think there are heroes “forgetting†to redact his name here and there.
— Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) 2025-12-21T05:05:55.699Z
EDITING to add that she's now written about this on Substack:
https://www.muellershewrote.com/p/are-the-missed-trump-redactions-accidents
Many have been asking why some brave FBI or DoJ employee doesn’t just bite the bullet and release the Epstein Files.
Well, because they’d go to prison. Likely for a very long time. That’s a lot to ask of anyone.
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I like to imagine that there are folks at the FBI and DoJ who “accidentally on purpose” forgot to redact Trump’s name, or just inadvertently “missed” one of the photos they were supposed to withhold. Outright releasing the files would be easy for the government to prove in court. But an erroneous oversight? You’d have to prove intent, and that could be pretty difficult.
It’s far-fetched, but given the number of government employees who have reached out to me over the past year, and the exceedingly low morale at the FBI with Kash Patel and Dan Bongino in charge (for now), who knows?
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Well, because they’d go to prison. Likely for a very long time. That’s a lot to ask of anyone.
-snip-
I like to imagine that there are folks at the FBI and DoJ who “accidentally on purpose” forgot to redact Trump’s name, or just inadvertently “missed” one of the photos they were supposed to withhold. Outright releasing the files would be easy for the government to prove in court. But an erroneous oversight? You’d have to prove intent, and that could be pretty difficult.
It’s far-fetched, but given the number of government employees who have reached out to me over the past year, and the exceedingly low morale at the FBI with Kash Patel and Dan Bongino in charge (for now), who knows?
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slips earlier... It was speculated that somehow Bondi cover up crew made mistakes.
This explanation would be grand. 
