The Redaction Heard Round the Archive

Trump, Epstein, and a Shadow Over History

It is often said that sunlight is the best disinfectant. But what happens when the sun itself is obscured?

In an extraordinary development, the release of files connected to Jeffrey Epstein’s long-running saga of exploitation included one jarring omission—Donald Trump’s name, previously known to appear in flight logs and deposition-related records, was redacted from the final documents made public this week. read more