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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/us/politics/trump-epstein-files.htmlEpstein Files Are Missing Records About Woman Who Made Claim Against Trump
Documents released by the Justice Department briefly mention a womans unverified accusation that Donald J. Trump assaulted her in the 1980s, when she was a minor. But several memos related to her account are not in the files.
By Mike Baker and Michael Gold
Feb. 25, 2026 Updated 12:41 p.m. ET
The vast trove of documents released by the Justice Department from its investigations into the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein failed to include some key materials related to a woman who made an accusation against President Trump, according to a review by The New York Times.
The materials are F.B.I. memos summarizing interviews the bureau did in connection to claims made in 2019 by a woman who came forward after Mr. Epsteins arrest to say she had been sexually assaulted by both Mr. Trump and the financier decades earlier, when she was a minor.
The existence of the memos was revealed in an index listing the investigative materials related to her account, which was publicly released. According to that index, the F.B.I. conducted four interviews in connection with her claims and wrote summaries about each one. But only one summary of the four interviews, which describes her accusations against Mr. Epstein, was released by the Justice Department. The other three are missing.
The public files also do not include the underlying interview notes, which the index also indicates are part of the file. The Justice Department released similar interview notes in connection to F.B.I. interviews with other potential witnesses and victims.
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samsingh
(18,372 posts)when we had the power to do so.
2naSalit
(101,594 posts)I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest that they might be found in a certain grave site in NJ.
AZJonnie
(3,418 posts)To be clear WE NEED TO SEE THESE INTERVIEWS and it's bullshit they've been withheld
That said, my questions are:
1) How does the NYT positively know that the person whose interviews are missing is a "Trump Accuser", if the only interview details we do have are from one with accusations against Epstein alone? Do they explain how they can positively categorize her as a "Trump Accuser" beyond handwaving them into one at the top of the article? I'm *hoping* there's more elaboration and proof WRT how they know that, later in the article. Because if it is GOOD evidence, holy shit, we might really have this fucker and his DoJ lackeys dead to rights!
2) Does the article make reference to the work of Roger Sollenberger from the Daily Beast, and if so, in what context? Was his research relied upon?
My suspicion here is that it may be more accurate to say "interviews are withheld with someone there's reasons to believe may be a Trump Accuser and we need to see them to confirm/deny this premise", as opposed to stating it outright, but I'm open to being convinced otherwise.
Which is obviously MORE THAN ENOUGH to demand their release!!!