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Rep #RobertGarcia said the #DOJ had not provided a proper explanation for why the materials were missing. #Democrats plan to open a separate investigation into why the documents are not available.
In the sole summary of the #FBI interview that was released, the woman told investigators that she did not know Epstein’s full identity until 2019, when a friend sent her a photograph of #Epstein. She said she then recognized the person who she said had raped her.
The vast trove of documents released by the #DOJ from its investigations into the #convicted #SexOffender #JeffreyEpstein failed to include some key materials related to a woman who made an accusation against #Trump, acc/to a review by NYT.
The materials are #FBI memos summarizing interviews the bureau did in connection to claims made in 2019 by a woman who came forward after Epstein’s arrest to say she had been sexually assaulted by both Trump & #Epstein 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. Acc/to that index, the #FBI conducted 4 interviews in connection with her claims & wrote summaries about each one. But only 1 summary of the 4 interviews, which describes her accusations against #Epstein, was released by the #DOJ. The other 3 are missing.
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The public files also do NOT include the underlying #interview notes, which the index also indicates are part of the file. The #DOJ released similar interview notes in connection to #FBI interviews with other potential witnesses & survivors.
It is unclear why the materials are missing. 🤨
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Under the #law, the #DOJ can redact material that could be used to identify Epstein’s victims, depicted violence or child sexual abuse, or would hurt a continuing federal investigation. But the law expressly prohibited federal officials from withholding or redacting materials “on the basis of embarrassment, reputational harm or political sensitivity” to public figures.
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Some lawmakers and survivors of Mr. Epstein’s abuse have strongly condemned the #DOJ for how it handled redactions, noting that details identifying some survivors were left exposed & nude photographs of young women were included in the public release, while material related to claims of abuse by other men had been heavily redacted.
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The woman who made the accusation about #Trump came forward in July 2019, days after federal investigators arrested #Epstein on #SexTrafficking charges, acc/to records in the public files of tips the #FBI received during that period. She claimed that she had been repeatedly assaulted by Epstein when she was a #minor in the 1980s, acc/to a summary of an FBI interview with her on July 24, 2019.
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