Hey, they're folks, did It's Thursday, February twenty six and shocker, some Epstein files are missing. But there are three in particular that are missing that has got Democrats seething. It's got the Trump administration defending and quite frankly, robes. None of us should be surprised by this. And with that, welcome to this episode of Amy and TJ. The three files missing have to do with President Trump, robes, and some pretty awful accusations being made by a woman.
That's right, a woman who is now, yes, a woman, but claims these allegations of abuse by Jeffrey Epstein and yes, by President Trump. She claims happened when she was just thirteen years old. So these are damning and dis disturbing allegations and made even more so by the fact that they are missing.
Okay, so we should start at the top with these are claims. They're not substantiated, and we don't have any idea about the credibility of them. And at this point President Trump is not facing any criminal accusations. He's not facing any criminal charges, all right, we got that out of the way. He has forever denied any wrongdoing. However, Robes. Now, let's go to why this is such a big deal Epstein files. We know the tropes, documents have been coming out,
there are arguments about redactions and back and forth. Is everything out there? Fine, let's get away from all that for a second and just focus on this thing. A part of these files, Robes whereas an interview done with a woman in twenty nineteen who came forward after Epstein was arrested and said, oh, yeah, that's the guy who assaulted me when I was younger. She starts piecing things together. The FBI goes and interviews her at les four interviews.
We know that we're done with her. The FBI file on those four interviews, well, three of them are missing and we only get one. So Robes, the focus is why are those other three missing? And the implication is that she said something about Trump and those other three and that's why it's missing. This is where we are, yes correct.
And in addition to those three separate conversations, NBR did a whole investigation. You know, they have a slew of reporters and they can actually tell there are missing numbers. They actually have serial numbers and they can say, hey, there are missing sets of documents based on serial numbers going through all of this, and notably those three documents are missing. Now, this woman claims that this assault happened in Hiltonhead Island when she was thirteen, and yes, the
FBI did four separate interviews with her. And why that's important is from reporters who have gone through all of these documents. For the FBI to go back to this woman three times after that initial interview suggests that there was credibility to her story. They say that this is something significant. Now when you know that three of those interviews, which they claim some people claim to have seen already because some of this was a part of discovery information
in the Galaine Maxwell trial. This is all very confusing, But there are people who have seen these documents who can now say they existed, we know the contents of them, and now they're missing. And the reason why they're missing, some folks claim, is because those contents contain significant and serious allegations against Trump.
So we don't know where they are, we don't know why they're missing. There could be a very simple explanation for this, and oversight. Look, there's a lot of documents we're talking about millions of documents and something isn't matching up right now, and something is missing. To the point, now, whereas I couldn't believe the word investigation was being thrown around, they now want an investigation into why these are missing.
This whole thing is an Epstein investigation. Now we're investigating the investigation.
Yes, it's actually a parallel investigation. So Democrats on the House Oversight Committee who are heading up this Epstein investigation, they already have an investigation into those specific allegations we're referencing by that woman from South Carolina who claims this all happened when she was thirteen. But now they're adding a parallel investigation into why. Yes, these files, these interviews,
these memos and notes from FBI investigators are missing. And specifically we heard from California Representative Robert Garcia who spoke to reporters and he said, there is definitely, in my opinion, evidence of a cover up happening. Why are these documents missing? These documents I personally saw, I know who the survivor is.
The name is redacted in the doc in the manifest document, and there are documents missing from that same survivor that appeared to be interviews or conversations again with the FBI. The FBI clearly investigated, and now those documents are gone.
I mean, yeah, here we are now once again we have to be careful here and be clear. This is of course a lot of politics and a lot of back and forth, and then you have a lot of folks on the other side, victims who are saying that well, quite frankly, there are cover ups, and there are other men who are implicated and folks who need to be held accountable, and a lot of people want to point
at President Trump. However, we need to again this is something you got to be very, very careful with when you're talking about someone accusing the president of the United States of one of some most heinous stuff you will ever hear. You gotta be careful in this, and I don't think Democrats care about being careful. But some of the things that are saying are suggestions and implications of something that Trump did, but frankly, there's no evidence of it.
So it's it's a very delicate and very careful balance here with when Democrats are, hey, something's missing, so it must be something going on here. That's just the headline folks right now, ropes are running with that youve got to be very very careful of.
In this case, Yes, because the Justice Department was very swift in their response, saying, as we have always said, all documents responsive were produced. Those not fall within one of the following categories. So this is the reason why they say certain documents weren't included in the document dump. If they fell into one of these categories, they were either duplicates, they were privileged, or they were part of
an ongoing federal investigation. So they also said that in terms of specifically these missing files, they're reviewing the documents that were released in connection to the index. The point is people point to the index, they can see these interviews occurred, they can see that there were documents produced, and then they're missing. So they say, the Department said it will publish any documents that may now be found to have been improperly tagged in the review process that
are legally required to be made public. So they're going back, they say, and they're going to reassess what they chose not to include based on those categories. And that's it, because they cannot not release documents just because it could publicly embarrass someone that's not allowed.
The Epstein Files mess continues. We are hearing from the White House, you know, they had something to say about this. Stay here, we'll explain how the administration is responding to these new missing claims.
Stay here, all.
Right, folks, We'll continue here on this AM and TJ on this Thursday, February twenty sixth with it's never going to be over, Robes. It's never the Epstein files mess will never be over the middle of it again. I don't even remember the date when they were all supposed to be out last November was it or December? All the five it was December. Why do I just have nineteenth in my head? All the files are supposed to
be out by that day. They've been trickling out, trickling out, trickling out, and every time they trickle out, somebody has a complaint. That's not everything. This name's not in there, and where's the real list and all of these things. So here we go once again, Robes. And we shouldn't be surprised. There are news organizations have figured out there are certain documents that are missing. There are plenty of documents that are probably missing and haven't been put out there.
These they'll have to do specifically with the president of the United States, and some pretty horrific accusations at least that were made by a woman back in twenty nineteen, having to do with her saying she was sexually assaulted by Epstein repeatedly and by President Trump, not President then, but this was back in the eighties. But the interviews that the FBI did in which she laid out these accusations, the details of those interviews is laid out by the
FBI in memos. Those memos, those documents of those interviews are missing, and this is where we are today. Rhodes in the White House, of course, had something to say.
About this, Uh, they certainly did. So here was the official White House response. They initially referred folks back to their previous statement, basically saying that if anything was found to be unfounded or not credible, and certainly potentially something released specifically leading up to the twenty twenty election, that is the reason why perhaps they weren't being released because they were found to be not credible. But this latest
response was indirect response to the missing files. Just as President Trump has said he's been totally exonerated on anything relating to Epstein, and by releasing thousands of pages of documents, cooperating with the House Oversight Committee subpoena request, signing the Epstein Files Transparency Act, and calling for more investigation into Epstein's Democrat friends. President Trump has done more for Epstein's
victims than anyone before him. Meanwhile, Democrats like Hakeem Jeffreys and Stacy Plaskett have yet to explain why they were soliciting money and meetings from Epstein after he was already a convicted sex offender.
We probably all could have written that ourselves. We've heard that line from the White House and understandably so. I think plenty will take issue with him doing more for Epstein survivors than anybody else. But yes, they've put that out. And again, the President has always maintained and he has never been accused of any criminal wrongdoing having to do with Epstein, not by any certainly official here.
But this particular woman and NPR did post what the allegation specifically was that she claims happened to her, and she says that she was he exposed himself to her and that he wanted her to perform a sexual act when she didn't. She claims that he punched her in the head and kicked her out. That is what she is claiming. That is what was in these documents. And look, people can make plenty of accusations. It doesn't mean they're true,
it doesn't mean they've been found to be credible. And so that is the question why they wouldn't be included. If the FBI, the investigators people who conducted these four interviews with this woman again many many many years later, this was all alleged to have happened back in nineteen eighty three. So it's fair that there are plenty of accusations thrown out in this case, and plenty are not true.
That's the problem here. And so many people's names just by being mentioned in these files doesn't necessarily mean they did anything wrong.
Where does this go from here.
Well, the Democrats aren't going to let this go. They already held press conferences about this yesterday, and yes, these investigations will continue by Democrats in the House Oversight Committee wanting answers, and they are going to push for answers about where these missing documents are and why they were
not included in this latest document. Drump Dump and the DOJ will perhaps put out another statement, perhaps not, but this investigation will continue, and of course we will follow any developments, so we will of course stay on top of this story. It feels as though there are Epstein related headlines daily, multiple times a day actually dropping here, so we will of course keep our eye on all of that for you. But thank you in the meantime for joining us. Morning Run is coming up in just
a bit, so look for that in your feed. I may be Robach alongside TJ. Holmes, and we will talk to you soon