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Amaryllis

(11,251 posts)
Wed Feb 25, 2026, 07:25 PM Feb 25

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 Feb 25 OP
Katie Johnson enid602 Feb 25 #1
This has nothing to do with "Katie Johnson" Wiz Imp Feb 25 #10
Do you have any other info on who it could be? Joinfortmill Feb 25 #27
The known "facts "are completely different. Wiz Imp Feb 25 #30
Thanks for the clarification--I assumed Katie Johnson as well crimycarny Feb 25 #31
Thanks for the info. So many girls. Joinfortmill Feb 25 #33
There was yet another girl that mentioned Trump and testified against Maxwell . Wiz Imp Feb 25 #36
Jeezus. Horrific. Joinfortmill Feb 25 #37
The entire administration is covering up rape and corruption and TREASON Bread and Circuses Feb 25 #2
Putin is the Chairman of the Rethuglican Party and T💩p is his stooge bitch. OMGWTF Feb 25 #38
100 % !!! Bread and Circuses Feb 26 #44
47 needs to stop wearing his American flag pin, he hates America vapor2 Feb 26 #45
TY Amaryllis... glad to see NPR Cha Feb 25 #3
Buffalo NPR is still functioning. wnylib Feb 25 #5
Fantastic.. TY, wnylib ! Yeah, Cha Feb 25 #7
They still have the usual fund raising week. wnylib Feb 25 #19
Wow, That's a Lot! And So Sweet about Cha Feb 25 #23
That all sounds amazing! llmart Feb 25 #32
We have it here is SW Florida - home to millionaires. kerry-is-my-prez Feb 25 #28
There's our news outlet, made to order. hadEnuf Feb 25 #29
Good idea! They already claim NPR is already totally "leftist" slightlv Feb 25 #35
Holy Cow Timewas Feb 25 #4
I heard this on Buffalo NPR this morning. wnylib Feb 25 #6
You mean Mike Johnson gonna allow this?...................... Lovie777 Feb 25 #8
The story made the front page of The NY Times surfered Feb 25 #9
THAnks. They have a paywall if you aren't a subscriber. Amaryllis Feb 25 #11
The real story and most disgusting part is that the accusations went uninvestigated for forty years. n/t Hugin Feb 26 #49
NOW there will be substantial consequences, right? RIGHT??? flvegan Feb 25 #12
LOL! (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Feb 26 #47
Bondi forgot MW67 Feb 25 #13
This message was self-deleted by its author bluestarone Feb 25 #14
I think you meant to post this to another thread... erronis Feb 25 #15
Oh you are so right. sorry. bluestarone Feb 25 #16
K&R UTUSN Feb 25 #17
Deleting evidence should be fairly easy to detect dickthegrouch Feb 25 #18
Remember when the regime defunded NPR. mysteryowl Feb 25 #20
TrumpsteinGate TrumpsteinGate TrumpsteinGate TrumpsteinGate TrumpsteinGate !!!!! n/t aggiesal Feb 25 #21
"We're still redacting that one, jeez" maxsolomon Feb 25 #22
I would be curious if Elon and his miscreants had BattleRow Feb 25 #24
I would be surprised if they didn't. Amaryllis Feb 26 #43
Perhaps an Elongate ? BattleRow Feb 26 #50
... It was midnight on the sea. The band was playin' "Nearer My God To Thee." struggle4progress Feb 25 #25
Yep malaise Feb 25 #26
It's gonna be REALLY ugly. Joinfortmill Feb 25 #34
and I so hope this will help restore funding to NPR, AND PBS!!!!! a kennedy Feb 25 #39
K&R spanone Feb 25 #40
DURec leftstreet Feb 25 #41
Kick BlueWaveNeverEnd Feb 26 #42
Her lawyers have the documents, or should flamingdem Feb 26 #46
Impeach Prez Pedo - Yesterday! They violated the law passed by congress. 617Blue Feb 26 #48
"...accused Trump of sexual abuse." That doesn't cut it. Grins Feb 26 #51
I think they may implode on themselves. yellow dahlia Feb 26 #52

Joinfortmill

(21,069 posts)
27. Do you have any other info on who it could be?
Wed Feb 25, 2026, 08:53 PM
Feb 25

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

Wiz Imp

(9,931 posts)
30. The known "facts "are completely different.
Wed Feb 25, 2026, 09:24 PM
Feb 25

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

(2,082 posts)
31. Thanks for the clarification--I assumed Katie Johnson as well
Wed Feb 25, 2026, 09:37 PM
Feb 25

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

(9,931 posts)
36. There was yet another girl that mentioned Trump and testified against Maxwell .
Wed Feb 25, 2026, 09:47 PM
Feb 25

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

(1,996 posts)
2. The entire administration is covering up rape and corruption and TREASON
Wed Feb 25, 2026, 07:30 PM
Feb 25

Russia runs the Oval Office

Cha

(318,791 posts)
3. TY Amaryllis... glad to see NPR
Wed Feb 25, 2026, 07:32 PM
Feb 25

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

We desperately Need Real News.

wnylib

(25,897 posts)
5. Buffalo NPR is still functioning.
Wed Feb 25, 2026, 07:36 PM
Feb 25

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

wnylib

(25,897 posts)
19. They still have the usual fund raising week.
Wed Feb 25, 2026, 08:16 PM
Feb 25

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

(318,791 posts)
23. Wow, That's a Lot! And So Sweet about
Wed Feb 25, 2026, 08:32 PM
Feb 25

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

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

llmart

(17,585 posts)
32. That all sounds amazing!
Wed Feb 25, 2026, 09:37 PM
Feb 25

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

hadEnuf

(3,605 posts)
29. There's our news outlet, made to order.
Wed Feb 25, 2026, 09:14 PM
Feb 25

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

(7,781 posts)
35. Good idea! They already claim NPR is already totally "leftist"
Wed Feb 25, 2026, 09:45 PM
Feb 25

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.

Lovie777

(22,885 posts)
8. You mean Mike Johnson gonna allow this?......................
Wed Feb 25, 2026, 07:50 PM
Feb 25

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.

Hugin

(37,836 posts)
49. The real story and most disgusting part is that the accusations went uninvestigated for forty years. n/t
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 10:18 AM
Feb 26

Response to Amaryllis (Original post)

dickthegrouch

(4,504 posts)
18. Deleting evidence should be fairly easy to detect
Wed Feb 25, 2026, 08:16 PM
Feb 25

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

(2,394 posts)
24. I would be curious if Elon and his miscreants had
Wed Feb 25, 2026, 08:47 PM
Feb 25

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

struggle4progress

(126,082 posts)
25. ... It was midnight on the sea. The band was playin' "Nearer My God To Thee."
Wed Feb 25, 2026, 08:47 PM
Feb 25

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 ...



Grins

(9,437 posts)
51. "...accused Trump of sexual abuse." That doesn't cut it.
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 01:50 PM
Feb 26

I wish reporters would not call it “sexual abuse.”

Call it for what it actually it is - sodomy and rape of a 13-year old GIRL!

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