Well, that backfired! An Epstein files redaction is doing Tr*mp zero favors

The latest (final? who knows?!) tranche of Epstein files hit a week ago, leaving everyone still scrambling to parse through the millions of terrifying documents and photos. The files themselves, however, have been rather sloppily redacted, leaving plenty of questions unanswered, specifically when it comes to the involvement of one Epstein bestie-in-chief.

D*n*ld Tr*mp shows up plenty of times in the new drop, but surprisingly enough, we haven’t seen any direct emails pass between him and Epstein included… that we know of. This contradiction impressed several internet detectives are strange, so they used their knowledge of just how lazy the DOJ is to do a little digging, and sure enough, they found something strange right away.

Usually redactions are meant to hide someone’s identity, but in the case of the most recent drop, a certain redacted word could finally out Tr*mp as the key Epstein player we already know him to be.

How about we take this to the next level?

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“The word ‘don’t’ is censored,” reported user Tyler from the Internet on BlueSky yesterday. “If you’re looking for just some fun proof they’re doing control+f censoring.”

Tyler refers to the keyboard shortcut that lets you find and replace certain words or phrases—or, in this case, certain shorthand references to our wonderful leader. “This confirms that they are using AI crappily to try and redact these files,” another commenter wrote. Yet another case of AI being the sloppiest, laziest tool imaginable, what a surprise!

“This is not even a joke,” explained TikToker @theplanker in a separate video. “If you look at the Epstein files, this is an email from Epstein to someone whose name is redacted. But what’s also redacted is the sentence ‘I was going to take polo lessons in Calgary, but I [don’t] think my body can handle it.”

Interesting! Now why on Earth would that word be blacked out?

“I see they had time to come up with any sort of combination of letters that can go back to Tr*mp,” one poster commented on BlueSky, “but not the time to censor actual CSAM or victim’s names.”

Sloppy, incompetent, and doing a piss poor job of redacting information that could actually hurt victims? Yeah, that sounds about right.

Obviously the conjunction “don’t” can be found all over the Epstein files—but a few choice examples of the word getting blacked out and never getting replaced makes a pretty interesting theory about the DOJ blacking out anything having to do with “Don T.”

“Omg they used a find/replace function,” one commenter wrote. Others were quick to note that the move felt reminiscient of Dwight Schrute, the hilariously incompetent Office character whose pompous zeal always manages to get in the way of him doing his actual job.

A real Dwigt situation

[image or embed]— Nic Mira (@nicmira.bsky.social) February 5, 2026 at 7:22 PM

In the past, it’s been fairly easy to self-redact the files due to just how sloppily the people in charge are doing their job. But at this point, with several photos of and mentions to Tr*mp in the files—and with the dictator’s approval rating at an all-time low—it’s not even necessary. We know Epstein and Tr*mp had dirty dealings together. The question know is: what are we going to do about it?

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