Sexual Assault & Trafficking - Epstein
1996
1996-01-01 Jeffrey Epstein faced sexual assault allegations dating back to 1996.
https://www.jamesmarshlaw.com/jeffrey-epstein-sex-trafficking/
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/us/epstein-fbi-complaint-1996-maria-farmer.html
2000
2000-01-01 Trump said Epstein had “stolen” one of his spa employees; Virginia Giuffre would have been 16 at the time.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/eatJjtwMow8
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/29/jeffrey-epstein-ghislaine-maxwel-trump-murdoch.html
https://www.axios.com/2025/07/29/trump-epstein-spa-workers
2003
2003-01-01 This is the year the Epstein birthday book was compiled, including a letter from Trump of a naked woman’s outline and the following, “Voice Over – There must be more to live than having everything. Donald – Yes, there is, but I won’t tell you what it is. Jeffrey – Nor will I, since I also know what it is. Donald – We have certain things in common, Jeffrey. Jeffrey – Yes, we do, come to think of it. Donald – Enigmas never age, have you noticed that? Jeffrey – As a matter of fact, it was clear to me the last time I saw you. Donald – A pal is a wonderful thing. Happy Birthday – and may every day be another wonderful secret”.
https://time.com/7315609/epsteins-birthday-book-trump-clinton/
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/08/trump-epstein-birthday-book-oversight.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/us/politics/trump-epstein-birthday-book.html
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20vw2de8y0o
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/epstein-birthday-book-congress-9d79ab34
https://www.axios.com/2025/09/09/epstein-birthday-book-trump-reference-house-democrats
https://www.axios.com/2025/07/29/trump-epstein-spa-workers
2019
2019-07-09 Democratic leaders including Lois Frankel and Debbie Wasserman Schultz called for continued investigation into Epstein, including his 2008 plea deal, his death, and the handling of his case. The 2008 plea deal was negotiated by then–U.S. Attorney Alex Acosta, who later became Trump’s Labor Secretary.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4405
2019-09-10 Epstein died by suicide during Trump’s first term. In 2026, reports raised new questions about missing video footage and alleged activity near his cell before his death.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/epstein-files-jail-cell-death-video-logs/
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm2y33q8l1qo
2022
2022-02-15 Prince Andrew settled a sex settlement case of Virginia Giuffre.
2024
2024-08-12 Trump used the Epstein “Lolita Express” to fly to campaign events. Did You Know? Lolita is a controversial 1955 novel by Vladimir Nabokov about predatory manipulation of a 14-year-old girl?
https://x.com/MiamiHerald/status/1823099687538184446
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1514436049193330
2025 June
2025-06-18 Trump called attention to the Epstein files a “Democrat hoax” and evaded related questions.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgqnn4ngvdo
2025 July
2025-07-07 Journalists asked Karoline Leavitt about an earlier statement she made on the Epstein files, “It’s sitting on my desk right now to review”. She evaded and referred the journalists to the DOJ.
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/15/g-s1-77698/pam-bondi-jeffrey-epstein-justice-department
2025-07-12 Trump advised his Truth Social followers to quit asking about the Epstein files.
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114842356238631061
2025-07-15 Charlie Kirk initially urged the Trump administration to release the Epstein files, then announced he was done discussing the issue.
https://www.axios.com/2025/07/15/trump-epstein-maga-charlie-kirk
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5400288-charlie-kirk-epstein-trump-administration/
2025-07-16 MAGA followers started posting MAGA hat burnings on social media in protest over the Epstein files.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/arts/television/jimmy-fallon-jeffrey-epstein.html
2025-07-17 The White House released a 2-page memo stating that the Epstein case was closed because there were no lists and that they “did not uncover evidence that would predicate charges against uncharged third parties”.
https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1407001/dl?inline
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/07/g-s1-76367/doj-jeffrey-epstein-memo
2025-07-28 Trump filed a $10B lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal for reporting on the Epstein files.
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/29/nx-s1-5482955/trump-epstein-murdoch-deposition-lawsuit
2025-07-29 Trump told the media he had a falling out with Epstein after Epstein “stole” a spa worker from him in 2000. Virginia Giuffre would have been 16 in 2000.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cyvn7ee3539o
2025 August
2025-08-01 Ghislaine Maxwell was transferred to a lower-security federal prison.
2025 08 01 virginia giuffre family statements - video.mp4
2025 September
2025-09-02 Epstein victims met privately with lawmakers; a public press conference followed on September 3.
2025-09-03 Trump supporters ousted Representative Thomas Massie after he pushed for release of the Epstein files.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/03/massie-gop-release-epstein-files-00541753
2025-09-04 Speaker Mike Johnson claimed that Trump had acted as an FBI informant regarding Epstein and claimed Democrats have impure motives. He walked his comment back 2025-09-07.
https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/09/08/trump-fbi-informant-mike-johnson/
2025-09-08 The House Oversight Committee released documents from the Epstein estate including the birthday letter written by Trump. Trump told NBC it was a dead issue.
2025-09-09 Karoline Leavitt asserted during a press conference that the letter uncovered in the Epstein file was not Trump’s signature nor his letter.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgqnn4ngvdo
2025-09-10 UK Ambassador Peter Mandelson was fired after the UK learned of his ties to Epstein.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c77d1edvgn6o
2025-09-10 Republicans blocked Schumer’s effort to force the vote ordering full release of the Epstein files.
2025-09-17 An unverified video claimed the DOJ planned extensive redactions of Republican names in the Epstein files.
2025-09-17 Kash Patel claimed he was barred by court order from releasing thousands of Epstein documents.
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/09/17/congress/kash-patel-epstein-files-hearing-00568547
2025-09-23 Someone installed a statue of Trump and Epstein holding hands in front of the National Mall; it was quickly dismantled. The statue had permits, but the Trump administration claimed they did not.
https://www.npr.org/2025/09/24/nx-s1-5552505/trump-epstein-statue-removed-national-mall
https://share.google/images/voJOxef0hFptrw83u
2025 October
2025-10-10 Speaker Mike Johnson canceled House votes during the shutdown, delaying the swearing-in of Representative Adelita Grijalva and efforts to release Epstein files.
2025 November
2025-11-11 Karoline Leavitt called recently released Epstein-related emails a “manufactured hoax,” said they showed Trump “did nothing wrong.”
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/12/politics/epstein-trump-emails-oversight-committee
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/12/trump-karoline-leavitt-jeffrey-epstein
2025-11-12 Adelita Grijalva was sworn into Congress seven weeks after winning a special election in Arizona and was expected to vote on releasing the Epstein files.
https://grijalva.house.gov/media/press-releases/taking-the-oath-of-office
https://time.com/7333146/adelita-grijalva-johnson-house-swearing-in-epstein-government-shutdown/
2025-11-12 Uncovered Epstein emails showed mention of Russian involvement.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/12/jeffrey-epstein-donald-trump-russia-emails-00648919
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/crime/article312917423.html
2025-11-12 Trump’s name appeared more than 1,600 times in newly released Epstein documents.
https://www.npr.org/2025/11/12/nx-s1-5605582/epstein-files-release-trump-email-grijalva-massie
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/epstein-files-name-trump-1-011136358.html
2025-11-13 Released Epstein emails indicated Trump was aware of some victims.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/us/politics/trump-epstein-emails.html
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/12/politics/epstein-trump-emails-oversight-committee
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jeffrey-epstein-donald-trump-emails-house-oversight/
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/read-jeffrey-epsteins-newly-released-emails-about-trump
2025-11-14 Megyn Kelley said she had it on “good authority” that Epstein was not a pedophile, but rather, he liked 15-year-old girls.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/14/business/video/megyn-kelly-questions-epstein-pedophile-digvid
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/megyn-kelly-concedes-latest-trump-191334636.html
https://www.imdb.com/fr/news/ni65574899/?ref_=nm_nwr_1
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tv/articles/john-oliver-unloads-megyn-kelly-051849515.html
2025-11-14 Trump asked the DOJ to open an investigation to specifically tie prominent Democrats to the Epstein files.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/14/politics/trump-epstein-doj-investigate-enemies
2025-11-17 Trump called on Republicans to vote on the Epstein files.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgv653v1vjo
2025-11-18 Speaker Mike Johnson claimed that releasing the Epstein files through a discharge petition could endanger victims and said he discussed possible changes with Senate Majority Leader John Thune.
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/11/18/congress/johnson-thune-epstein-files-gop-00658475
https://www.axios.com/2025/11/18/mike-johnson-epstein-files-discharge-petition-vote
2025 December
2025-12-20 The DOJ released only a heavily redacted portion of the Epstein files. Reports alleged some files mentioning Trump appeared then quickly disappeared from the DOJ website. Critics accused the DOJ of repeatedly withholding or redacting relevant documents, including a sexual-assault allegation against Trump involving a 13-year-old girl.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4405
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/epstein-files-redaction-over-500-pages-entirely-blacked-out/
2026 January
2026-01-13 The House Oversight Committee tried to hold Bill Clinton in contempt over an Epstein-related subpoena. At that point, only about 1% of the Epstein files had been released. Both Bill and Hillary Clinton asked for a public testimony for full transparency and were denied.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c79l38vl3lwo
2026 February
2026-02-03 During a press conference Trump told CNN reporter Kaitlan Collins she should smile more and called her the “worst reporter” while she was asking about the Epstein files.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-ugly-truth-behind-trump-ordering-kaitlan-collins-to-smile/
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/feb/04/jimmy-kimmel-trump-epstein-reporter
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/us/politics/kaitlan-collins-smile-trump.html
2026-02-09 Ghislaine Maxwell invoked the Fifth Amendment during a deposition. Her attorney stated she would be, ““prepared to speak fully and honestly if granted clemency by President Trump”.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgv5yre39zo
2026-02-13 “The Epstein Class War”: the wealthy and well-connected remain insulated from consequences as they hold all the political power.
https://prospect.org/2026/02/17/organized-money-epstein-files-ro-khanna/
https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2026/02/26/epstein-class-what-the-files-reveal-about-the-global-elite
https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/09/politics/epstein-files-ossoff-clinton-trump-lutnick-analysis
2026-02-15 Despite outstanding and heavily redacted records, Pam Bondi and the DOJ announced no additional Epstein files would be released.
https://deadline.com/2026/02/jeffrey-epstein-files-released-pam-bondi-1236725344/
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz7genjx9njo
2026-02-19 Trump declared himself “totally exonerated” regarding Epstein-related allegations while the Justice Department continued withholding certain records. The DOJ reportedly withheld documents naming Trump in an alleged sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/us/politics/trump-epstein-files.html
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5757970-epstein-files-missing-interviews/
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/24/epstein-trump-doj-garcia.html
2026 March
2026-03-11 A new Trump-Epstein statue was erected, this time re-enacting the pose from the movie ‘Titanic’.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/us/politics/trump-epstein-statue-titanic-national-mall.html
https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/5779731-trump-epstein-titanic-statue/
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/11/titanic-statue-trump-epstein-national-mall
2026-03-18 Pam Bondi and Todd Blanche briefed a congressional committee on the Epstein investigation. The hearing included a heated exchange between Representatives Summer Lee and James Comer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEU7POr7ar8&list=WL&index=6
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5676969-comer-lee-house-hearing-minnesota/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7eKVwnqoX8
2026 April
2026-04-09 Pam Bondi refused to comply with a subpoena requiring testimony about the Epstein investigation because she was no longer serving as Attorney General.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5821724-pam-bondi-oversight-deposition-epstein-files/
https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/08/politics/pam-bondi-epstein-deposition-justice-department
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bondi-deposition-subpoena-house-oversight-committee-epstein/
https://www.ms.now/news/bondi-epstein-deposition-house-oversight-contempt
2026-04-09 Melania Trump called for a surprise press conference to address so-called rumors about the Epstein files, where she claimed she had no knowledge of Epstein’s abuses.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/09/politics/melania-trump-epstein-statement
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/09/jeffrey-epstein-melania-trump.html
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3ex07l1qvpo
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/09/melania-trump-epstein-speech-puzzle
https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/10/politics/epstein-melania-trump-statement-victims-analysis
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/2026/04/first-lady-melania-trump-statement/
2026-04-13 A judge dismissed Trump’s lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal for reporting on his Epstein birthday letter contribution.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/13/trump-epstein-murdoch-wsj-lawsuit-dismissed.html
https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/13/media/trump-wsj-lawsuit-epstein-dismissed-judge
2026-04-28 Maurene Comey’s wrongful-termination lawsuit continued after Trump fired her in 2025. She was the lead prosecutor in the Epstein Case and secured a conviction against Gislaine Maxwell.
https://apnews.com/article/justice-department-maurene-comey-trump-60eacbf96e251a22627cc9a4e1fb4ee5
https://www.ms.now/news/maurene-comey-doj-lawsuit-trump-judge
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5852868-trump-fired-maurene-comey/
2026 May
2026-05-05 Howard Lutnick was forced to testify for his involvement with Epstein.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/06/jeffrey-epstein-howard-lutnick-house-oversight-interview.html
SUB WALL https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/06/howard-lutnick-commerce-epstein-00908865
2026-05-07 A federal judge unsealed an alleged suicide note by Epstein.
https://www.axios.com/2026/05/06/jeffrey-epstein-purported-suicide-note-judge-release-read
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/06/jeffrey-epstein-alleged-suicide-note
2026-05-16 Representative Thomas Massie, who supported release of the Epstein files, was projected to lose his Kentucky primary.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5880962-massie-trump-kentucky-primary/
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/17/thomas-massie-kentucky-primary-trump-00925410
2026-05-19 After Thomas Massie’s primary defeat, Trump called him the “worst congressman in the history of our country.” White House Communications Director Steven Cheung celebrated the result on social media. White House Communications Director Steven Cheung wrote on social media, “Do not ever doubt President Trump and his political power. Fuck around, find out”.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/17/trump-thomas-massie-primary
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/17/trump-thomas-massie-primary
https://x.com/StevenCheung47/status/2056886701591613762
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/donald-trump-comms-chief-triggers-071454849.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SNPjD1lZHs&list=WL&index=3
SUB WALL https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy2vw8j0ddo
2026 June
2026-06-10 The NYT reported how the Epstein files caused extreme panic within the White House.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXuOz2BFxLk&list=WL&index=8&t=265s
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/10/magazine/trump-epstein-files-white-house-vance-doj.html