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Stephen Fowler

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The NPR Politics Podcast
Justice Department releases missing Epstein files related to Trump

Now, we do have some of those files, 16 pages covering three other interviews, plus a two-page sheet detailing the initial tip that was called in.

The NPR Politics Podcast
Justice Department releases missing Epstein files related to Trump

These interviews do go into more explicit detail about what Trump was alleged to have done to her when she was a teenager, forcing her head down onto his penis.

The NPR Politics Podcast
Justice Department releases missing Epstein files related to Trump

She allegedly bit it.

The NPR Politics Podcast
Justice Department releases missing Epstein files related to Trump

He said foul words and hit her head.

The NPR Politics Podcast
Justice Department releases missing Epstein files related to Trump

There's also an interview, which was the final one in 2019.

The NPR Politics Podcast
Justice Department releases missing Epstein files related to Trump

And this woman was asked whether she, quote, felt comfortable detailing her contacts with Trump.

The NPR Politics Podcast
Justice Department releases missing Epstein files related to Trump

And she reportedly asked, quote, what the point would be of providing this information at this point in her life when there was a strong possibility nothing could be done about it.

The NPR Politics Podcast
Justice Department releases missing Epstein files related to Trump

Remember, these interviews took place during Trump's first term in office.

The NPR Politics Podcast
Justice Department releases missing Epstein files related to Trump

We should also note here that Trump denies any wrongdoing related to Epstein and has not been charged with a crime.

The NPR Politics Podcast
Justice Department releases missing Epstein files related to Trump

The White House has repeatedly said that Trump is, quote, totally exonerated by the Epstein files.

The NPR Politics Podcast
Justice Department releases missing Epstein files related to Trump

The latest statement from White House Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt says that these are completely baseless accusations backed by zero credible evidence.

The NPR Politics Podcast
Justice Department releases missing Epstein files related to Trump

They also point on background the two different articles that claim to discredit the woman's accusations.

The NPR Politics Podcast
Justice Department releases missing Epstein files related to Trump

But we haven't verified those things.

The NPR Politics Podcast
Justice Department releases missing Epstein files related to Trump

In fact, Tam, looking at the release of these documents, it doesn't actually shine any more light on how credible federal investigators viewed these claims or how they were resolved or why these allegations were included in the Justice Department slide presentation summarizing the cases against Epstein and his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell.

The NPR Politics Podcast
Justice Department releases missing Epstein files related to Trump

It's been a shifting story.

The NPR Politics Podcast
Justice Department releases missing Epstein files related to Trump

I mean, back when the Epstein files were released on January 30th, the Justice Department said they were all done in accordance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act law Congress passed.

The NPR Politics Podcast
Justice Department releases missing Epstein files related to Trump

When we asked specifically about these documents, the Justice Department would not comment on them directly and said anything that might have been withheld was because of privilege or they were duplicates or they were part of an ongoing federal investigation.

The NPR Politics Podcast
Justice Department releases missing Epstein files related to Trump

After more people reported on the documents and there was more of a public backlash, the story changed again.

The NPR Politics Podcast
Justice Department releases missing Epstein files related to Trump

The Justice Department said they were reviewing to see if anything was accidentally mistakenly tagged as duplicate, and if they found something, of course they would publish it.

The NPR Politics Podcast
Justice Department releases missing Epstein files related to Trump

So fast forward to Thursday night, where there were a thousand new pages uploaded, including some documents that it discovered were, quote, incorrectly coded as duplicative, and a few more documents related to prosecution memos that the Southern District of Florida determined could be published while