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moniss

(8,870 posts)
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 10:52 AM 17 hrs ago

The records of investigation of the sexual abuse of the 13 year old

are detailed in this substack article dated 02/15/26 by Roger Sollenberger who is an investigative reporter for The Daily Beast. It is telling that she was interviewed at least 4 times and appeared fearful of retaliation by powerful men. The article notes:

"Later in the interview, the woman discussed a photo of Epstein and Trump that someone had sent her, which was still saved in her phone. The victim asked the agents if she could crop someone out of the picture — Donald Trump. When the FBI agents asked if she could explain why she wanted to crop Trump out, the woman hesitated, and her attorney answered, saying “[REDACTED] was concerned about implicating additional individuals, and specifically any that were well known, due to fear of retaliation,” the 302 says".

Notice when this interview and "heat" was happening. According to the article:

"While it’s not clear what became of the investigation into the Trump claim, details from the tip match other records in the files, including an FBI writeup (known as a “302” form) of an interview with an Esptein victim and her lawyer. The interview was conducted July 24, 2019, and entered into the FBI’s case files on August 9, the day before Epstein was found dead in his jail cell."

The article is lengthy with more details something of interesting note from the article:

"There’s also a seeming paucity of information about this victim in the Esptein files. Searches for the victim’s case number pull up some records — including the cropped photo of Epstein mentioned in the 302 — but some gaps appear in the FBI’s ordinal record-keeping of the files."

I didn't correct the misspelling as I note quotes in their original form.

Golly Mr. Peabody there's "gaps" in the listing of files. Does this mean that someone took things?

Well Sherman the gaps don't happen by themselves.

Another interesting note in the article is that much of this "gathering of files" was in the early stages last year about this same time and coincides with the "return" of the classified documents etc. seized from Crumb The 1st. Maybe a few "new boxes" got loaded for the trip.

https://substack.com/home/post/p-188009135

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The records of investigation of the sexual abuse of the 13 year old (Original Post) moniss 17 hrs ago OP
Better check... 2naSalit 16 hrs ago #1
WHY ARE THEY REFERRING TO A 13-YEAR-OLD AS A "WOMAN"?!? Reader Rabbit 14 hrs ago #2
Thank you for saying this csusan 14 hrs ago #3
Yes, I agree PatSeg 14 hrs ago #4
The interview was when she was an adult therefore moniss 12 hrs ago #5

Reader Rabbit

(2,754 posts)
2. WHY ARE THEY REFERRING TO A 13-YEAR-OLD AS A "WOMAN"?!?
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 01:25 PM
14 hrs ago

Sorry to yell, but FFS. I *teach* 13-year-olds. They're in effing middle school!

moniss

(8,870 posts)
5. The interview was when she was an adult therefore
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 03:29 PM
12 hrs ago

the article refers to what the adult female told the FBI about what happened to her when she was 13.

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