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The Epstein Cover-Up: Why did DOJ Hide Records of a Woman Who Made Claims Against Trump?

The FBI interviewed a credible Trump accuser four times and created a 21 page slideshow for an internal DOJ presentation. Why did the Trump Administration scrub the information?
This collage shows a photo of Jeffrey Epstein standing with Donald Trump along with a heavily redacted Epstein file and a screenshot of the Justice Department website saying: "Page not found."

(Department of Justice and Getty Images/Collage by Danielle A. Scruggs/NPR)

Why are the Trump Administration and the Department of Justice covering up documents relating to a woman who credibly accused Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein of sexual assault?

Last week, investigative reporter Roger Sollenberger found evidence in the Epstein Files that the DOJ created a 21-page slideshow in 2025 in reference to Trump allegedly assaulting a teenage girl in the 1980s. This woman later settled with the Epstein estate in 2021. This week, NPR and, earlier today, the NYT, expanded on Roger’s reporting and revealed that the FBI conducted four interviews with her and wrote four separate summaries. Oddly, only one summary describing her credible accusations against Epstein was released, but the other three remain missing.

The Administration’s explanations are implausible and without merit.

Why did they scrub these other files? What, if anything, are they hiding? According to an FBI memo, the alleged victim expressed a “fear of retaliation” during her interview with the FBI.

It makes sense.

Three days after her second interview, Jeffrey Epstein was found dead in his cell. Epstein’s long-time criminal associate, Jean Luc-Brunel, was also found dead in his prison cell in 2022. The alleged cause of death was suicide.

Clearly, we are witnessing one of the biggest, if not the biggest, cover-ups in modern history.

Journalist Roger Sollenberger joined The Left Hook to connect the dots and talk more about his explosive reporting.

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