Trump admin seeks to strike Epstein connections from record

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https://www.salon.com/2026/02/21/trump- ... om-record/

The Trump administration is using an irregular legal tactic in an attempt to suppress court info, including regarding the president’s relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. In multiple Freedom of Information Act suits, the administration is attempting to strike certain facts from the public record, a tactic typically aimed at delaying proceedings. One of these cases is aimed at revealing any interviews President Donald Trump may have done with law enforcement during the investigation into Epstein.

In recent months, Department of Justice lawyers have begun making “motions to strike” in some high-profile FOIA cases, including one concerned with the $400 million Qatari jet gifted to Trump, one regarding deportations to El Salvador, and two involving Epstein.