Bloomberg stories FBI redacted Trump’s title from Epstein Information earlier than contemplation over its launch

A Bloomberg article printed on August 1 reported that the FBI redacted President Donald Trump’s title, together with different high-profile figures, from the Epstein Information earlier than the Division of Justice (DOJ) concluded that no additional disclosures can be made. The article was compiled utilizing data from three nameless sources conversant in the matter.

In response to the Bloomberg article, a particular crew of FBI brokers reviewed the Epstein Information earlier than the DOJ and the bureau said final month that additional disclosures “wouldn’t be acceptable or warranted.”

The President’s title was reportedly redacted on this evaluation out of privateness issues, as he was a non-public citizen when federal officers first started investigating Jeffrey Epstein for alleged s*x trafficking expenses in 2006.

Conservative commentator Candace Owens reacted to the report, stating that the President mishandled the scenario. On August 1, 2025, she wrote on X:

“WILD. Trump may have gotten forward of this by telling the reality […] He as an alternative selected to gaslight us after which lash out by declaring he didn’t need our help anymore if we nonetheless cared about Epstein.”

Candace Owens’ previous feedback on Trump and the Epstein Information

Regardless of beforehand being a distinguished supporter of President Donald Trump throughout his first presidential marketing campaign, Candace Owens has not too long ago criticized his dealing with of the Jeffrey Epstein case.

In a July 15 episode of her present, Owens said that the US President thinks his base is “silly.” She accused him and his crew of gaslighting the general public after a Division of Justice memo issued not too long ago indicated there is no such thing as a Epstein consumer record.

“I really feel like Trump thinks his base is silly, or, once more, as a result of I don’t assume he’s urgent ship on these messages, the individuals round him assume that Trump is silly. And that shouldn’t shock you given the truth that all of those individuals have been ‘By no means Trump.’ They have been ‘By no means Trump,’” she stated.

She additional added that she was dissatisfied when the administration determined to dismiss the Epstein suicide case by labeling it a “hoax,” and claimed that there are troubling points of the case.

“The Epstein scandal is unquestionably terminal most cancers to Trump’s MAGA motion, there’s no query about it… He’s been a persistent disappointment. And I really feel embarrassed that I instructed individuals to go vote for him as a result of this wasn’t going to occur, and it’s occurring,” she stated within the video.

Her feedback place her with a rising contingent of supporters and MAGA influencers, together with Laura Loomer, Tucker Carlson, and Basic Michael Flynn, who’ve publicly questioned the administration’s transparency concerning the Epstein Information.

In response to CNN’s August 2 report, the DOJ is in the meantime in search of to unseal restricted grand jury transcripts associated to Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.