"There's significant evidence Sollenberger lays out here that the woman refused to cooperate with the FBI, particularly to implicate Trump. One of - by far - the most significant aspects of the files accorded to her a level of protection greater, at least as reflected in the files, than the other survivors."
"Unless and until DOJ releases the other materials, what the woman alleged is less salient than that the accusation led DOJ to do something stupid, provably cover it up."
"The woman alleged that when she was around 13 years old, Jeffrey Epstein started abusing her in South Carolina, then sharing her with other men. In one instance, the woman alleged (and told a friend, contemporaneously), Epstein shared her with Trump, who forced her to give him oral sex, she bit his penis, he punched and then raped her."
In 2019, the FBI interviewed a woman who alleged she was abused by Trump in the mid-1980s after being trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein. The woman reportedly refused to cooperate with the FBI and declined to implicate Trump. Three of four interview reports were withheld from the Epstein file release, receiving greater protection than other survivor materials. Recent media coverage of this discovery prompted DOJ to acknowledge it may need to review how these files were withheld. The significance lies not primarily in verifying the allegation's truth, but in establishing a documentary record demonstrating DOJ's apparent improper concealment of investigative materials. The woman's account describes being shared by Epstein with Trump at age thirteen, though details warrant caution regarding accuracy.
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