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Amaryllis

(11,174 posts)
Wed Feb 25, 2026, 06:25 PM 7 hrs ago

NPR just confirmed the DOJ coverup. It's bad.

https://jesscravenvideos.substack.com/p/npr-just-confirmed-the-doj-coverup

NPR just confirmed the DOJ coverup
It's bad.
Jess Craven
Feb 25, 2026

NPR just confirmed what Roger Sollenberger first reported: Three out of four FBI interviews with a woman who accused Trump of sexual abuse as a minor are missing. And now Congress says the DOJ illegally withheld them.
Congress is now investigating.

Here’s what we know:
3 minute video at link : https://jesscravenvideos.substack.com/p/npr-just-confirmed-the-doj-coverup

ANother:
https://www.npr.org/2026/02/24/nx-s1-5723968/epstein-files-trump-accusation-maxwell

Justice Department withheld and removed some Epstein files related to Trump
Updated February 24, 20262:55 PM ET

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NPR just confirmed the DOJ coverup. It's bad. (Original Post) Amaryllis 7 hrs ago OP
Katie Johnson enid602 6 hrs ago #1
This has nothing to do with "Katie Johnson" Wiz Imp 6 hrs ago #10
Do you have any other info on who it could be? Joinfortmill 5 hrs ago #27
The known "facts "are completely different. Wiz Imp 5 hrs ago #30
Thanks for the clarification--I assumed Katie Johnson as well crimycarny 4 hrs ago #31
Thanks for the info. So many girls. Joinfortmill 4 hrs ago #33
There was yet another girl that mentioned Trump and testified against Maxwell . Wiz Imp 4 hrs ago #36
Jeezus. Horrific. Joinfortmill 3 hrs ago #37
The entire administration is covering up rape and corruption and TREASON Bread and Circuses 6 hrs ago #2
Putin is the Chairman of the Rethuglican Party and T💩p is his stooge bitch. OMGWTF 3 hrs ago #38
100 % !!! Bread and Circuses 1 hr ago #44
47 needs to stop wearing his American flag pin, he hates America vapor2 51 min ago #45
TY Amaryllis... glad to see NPR Cha 6 hrs ago #3
Buffalo NPR is still functioning. wnylib 6 hrs ago #5
Fantastic.. TY, wnylib ! Yeah, Cha 6 hrs ago #7
They still have the usual fund raising week. wnylib 6 hrs ago #19
Wow, That's a Lot! And So Sweet about Cha 5 hrs ago #23
That all sounds amazing! llmart 4 hrs ago #32
We have it here is SW Florida - home to millionaires. kerry-is-my-prez 5 hrs ago #28
There's our news outlet, made to order. hadEnuf 5 hrs ago #29
Good idea! They already claim NPR is already totally "leftist" slightlv 4 hrs ago #35
Holy Cow Timewas 6 hrs ago #4
I heard this on Buffalo NPR this morning. wnylib 6 hrs ago #6
You mean Mike Johnson gonna allow this?...................... Lovie777 6 hrs ago #8
The story made the front page of The NY Times surfered 6 hrs ago #9
THAnks. They have a paywall if you aren't a subscriber. Amaryllis 6 hrs ago #11
NOW there will be substantial consequences, right? RIGHT??? flvegan 6 hrs ago #12
Bondi forgot MW67 6 hrs ago #13
This message was self-deleted by its author bluestarone 6 hrs ago #14
I think you meant to post this to another thread... erronis 6 hrs ago #15
Oh you are so right. sorry. bluestarone 6 hrs ago #16
K&R UTUSN 6 hrs ago #17
Deleting evidence should be fairly easy to detect dickthegrouch 6 hrs ago #18
Remember when the regime defunded NPR. mysteryowl 6 hrs ago #20
TrumpsteinGate TrumpsteinGate TrumpsteinGate TrumpsteinGate TrumpsteinGate !!!!! n/t aggiesal 6 hrs ago #21
"We're still redacting that one, jeez" maxsolomon 5 hrs ago #22
I would be curious if Elon and his miscreants had BattleRow 5 hrs ago #24
I would be surprised if they didn't. Amaryllis 1 hr ago #43
... It was midnight on the sea. The band was playin' "Nearer My God To Thee." struggle4progress 5 hrs ago #25
Yep malaise 5 hrs ago #26
It's gonna be REALLY ugly. Joinfortmill 4 hrs ago #34
and I so hope this will help restore funding to NPR, AND PBS!!!!! a kennedy 2 hrs ago #39
K&R spanone 2 hrs ago #40
DURec leftstreet 2 hrs ago #41
Kick BlueWaveNeverEnd 2 hrs ago #42

Joinfortmill

(20,772 posts)
27. Do you have any other info on who it could be?
Wed Feb 25, 2026, 07:53 PM
5 hrs ago

It sounds like it could be her to me. If I recall correctly, she feared for her life and withdrew her complaint.

Wiz Imp

(9,600 posts)
30. The known "facts "are completely different.
Wed Feb 25, 2026, 08:24 PM
5 hrs ago

This person's allegation against Trump took place in 1983. "Katie Johnson's" allegation was in 1994.

This person alleges that

around 1983, when she was around 13 years old, Epstein introduced her to Trump, "who subsequently forced her head down to his exposed penis which she subsequently bit. In response, Trump punched her in the head and kicked her out."
. That was the only interaction with Trump she alleged.

"Katie Johnson" alleged 4 separate interactions with Trump, (she is referred to here as Jane Doe)
During the first party, Doe was asked to strip down to her underwear and give a massage to Epstein. Doe was asked by Epstein to do sexual acts, but she refused. Doe was later asked to massage the penis of Epstein’s guest, Trump, with her hands. Doe was told that this was what she had to do in order to get a job and Doe complied. During the second party, Doe was asked to perform oral sex on Trump and complied. During the third party, Doe was made to perform oral sex on Trump with another young girl name [Redated]. During the fourth visit, Doe was raped by Trump vaginally penetrating Doe with his penis.

This person was interviewed by the FBI 4 separate times in in the case against Ghislane Maxwell starting in 2019.

"KAtie Johnson" was never interviewed by the FBI. She apparently did file a complaint with the FBI in July 2016. There is no record of any additional contact between her and the FBI.

crimycarny

(2,070 posts)
31. Thanks for the clarification--I assumed Katie Johnson as well
Wed Feb 25, 2026, 08:37 PM
4 hrs ago

Wow, there is another one. I was assuming it was the Katie Johnson interview. I haven't had time to read more about this latest event.

I remember seeing the interview with Katie Johnson, assumed it was with the FBI.

Wiz Imp

(9,600 posts)
36. There was yet another girl that mentioned Trump and testified against Maxwell .
Wed Feb 25, 2026, 08:47 PM
4 hrs ago

This article details that girl plus the girl from 1983.
https://www.npr.org/2026/02/24/nx-s1-5723968/epstein-files-trump-accusation-maxwell

Second accuser says she met Trump at Mar-a-Lago
The other woman whose mention of Trump made the DOJ's presentation appears in Maxwell discovery files released last month in what's known as a Testifying Witness 3500 material list.

In the first interview of six with the FBI conducted between September 2019 and September 2021, the second woman detailed how Epstein and Maxwell's abuse began while she was around 13 years old and attending the Interlochen Center for the Arts and described how, at one point, Epstein took her to Trump's Mar-a-Lago Club to meet him.

"EPSTEIN told TRUMP, 'This is a good one, huh,'" the interview report reads.

In a 2020 lawsuit against Epstein's estate and Maxwell, the second woman added that both men chuckled and she "felt uncomfortable, but, at the time, was too young to understand why."


This article talks about "Katie Johnson"
https://www.dailykos.com/story/2026/2/23/2369986/--Katie-Johnson-rape-allegation-against-Trump-amp-Epstein-appears-on-FBI-Complaint-form

Bread and Circuses

(1,800 posts)
2. The entire administration is covering up rape and corruption and TREASON
Wed Feb 25, 2026, 06:30 PM
6 hrs ago

Russia runs the Oval Office

Cha

(318,087 posts)
3. TY Amaryllis... glad to see NPR
Wed Feb 25, 2026, 06:32 PM
6 hrs ago

is still in business... something about losing their funding.

We desperately Need Real News.

wnylib

(25,517 posts)
5. Buffalo NPR is still functioning.
Wed Feb 25, 2026, 06:36 PM
6 hrs ago

They have come up with some creatitive ways to raise funds.

wnylib

(25,517 posts)
19. They still have the usual fund raising week.
Wed Feb 25, 2026, 07:16 PM
6 hrs ago

But now they have a "plus" membership which gives extra access to additional programming from popular programs, for a fee. Most creative now is that they have a "Pets Club." People send in their pet's photo to join. When you pay to join, the Pic goes on their website.

They carry the usual standard NPR programs. But they have added some for a broader appeal.

There is a local sports talk program in which two sports savvy guys discuss various angles in all kinds of sports, not just baseball and football. Sometimes they get into ethics issues.

In the evening, they have current music from 8 PM until midnight. Local musicians play original music as well as standard current songs.

Twice a day they have BBC news, once for an hour at noon and then overnight starting at midnight.

They have a Group Chat program with about 4 local young people discussing popular social happendings and issues.

There is a program that started after the mass shooting at the TOPS Market a couple years ago. It began as a place for victims' families and people who were there to discuss the trauma and look for ways to heal. Then they expanded to cover local cultural issues for everyone.

Every weekday they have a Native News program for what's going on with local Senecas and Native nations across the country.

They added a few programs with conservative centrist views. I listened to them a few times, but found their perspective too offputting for me.

They partnered with the local PBS TV station. Since Toronto is so close and within listening range, they cover some Canadian news, mostly sports like hockey.






Cha

(318,087 posts)
23. Wow, That's a Lot! And So Sweet about
Wed Feb 25, 2026, 07:32 PM
5 hrs ago

the Pet Interactions.. as I said.. Brilliant.

Mahalo for telling us all about what NPR is Doing Right Now!

llmart

(17,498 posts)
32. That all sounds amazing!
Wed Feb 25, 2026, 08:37 PM
4 hrs ago

I've upped my monthly gift once the Doofus cut their funding.

hadEnuf

(3,577 posts)
29. There's our news outlet, made to order.
Wed Feb 25, 2026, 08:14 PM
5 hrs ago

We should turn NPR into Democrats and progressives Fox news, except armed with the truth.

It's not government-funded anymore so the GOP can keep their Filthy Hands off of it

slightlv

(7,648 posts)
35. Good idea! They already claim NPR is already totally "leftist"
Wed Feb 25, 2026, 08:45 PM
4 hrs ago

although I started hearing a story the other night on the way to the store, and had to turn the radio dial. The whole thing was slanted so far to RW it made me sick to my stomach. So, the Progressives and Left have a way to take over NPR and turn it into what we really want -- real facts, real truth, real news -- all the time. BTW, I don't remember what the story I heard was about, I turned it off after I heard them bemoaning about how much Johnson has to endure, and how it is so unfair to him as House Leader.

wnylib

(25,517 posts)
6. I heard this on Buffalo NPR this morning.
Wed Feb 25, 2026, 06:38 PM
6 hrs ago

Glad to hear that Congress is taking this up.

Lovie777

(22,500 posts)
8. You mean Mike Johnson gonna allow this?......................
Wed Feb 25, 2026, 06:50 PM
6 hrs ago

plus other countries are also investigating.

Unfortunately, shithole and Republican party may do something which will be extremely evil to the USA.

Look at what they are doing now.

Response to Amaryllis (Original post)

dickthegrouch

(4,438 posts)
18. Deleting evidence should be fairly easy to detect
Wed Feb 25, 2026, 07:16 PM
6 hrs ago

It’s logged when collected, logged when transferred from one person to another. Logged when put in storage. Logged when removed or searched or viewed. Evidence tracking tools would have to have been altered and all that is logged separately if it’s computerized. All the people that provided evidence or testimony or depositions also know what their involvement was.
Covering all this up has to be a massive operation in itself.
I hope some agents still have scruples and are keeping evidence of the cover up , if not some of the original evidence to blow it all wide open eventually.
Spoliation of evidence is a serious crime in itself.

BattleRow

(2,197 posts)
24. I would be curious if Elon and his miscreants had
Wed Feb 25, 2026, 07:47 PM
5 hrs ago

access to Epstein files? Consider the multitude of possibilities...

struggle4progress

(125,859 posts)
25. ... It was midnight on the sea. The band was playin' "Nearer My God To Thee."
Wed Feb 25, 2026, 07:47 PM
5 hrs ago

Fare thee well, Titanic! fare thee well!
Now they wouldn't let Jack Johnson on board.
They said this ship don't haul no coal.
Fare thee well, Titanic! fare thee well!

All of a sudden, the Captain's eyes popped wide open.
He stood right up straight, grabs hold o'th' wheel, looks on out at the bow o'that boat
and he says, "I'm gonna move you, baby!"

And he did right on into an iceberg, and she went right on down ...



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