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Hey there everybody. It is Friday, March 6, and those missing Epstein files having to do with an alleged sexual assault by President Trump have been found. They have been released and they are awful. Welcome to this episode of Amy and TJ Rhodes. I feel compelled to start with this. The President of the United States has not been formally accused of any criminal wrongdoing. These are allegations, as he says, are baseless, unfounded. Fine. But they are now out robes. And the big deal here is that these, it just so happened that these were the three files that were missing. And now that we see what's in them.
Amy Robach
Yeah, the, this is a tough read. And look, you know, we, we have debated, we were debating whether or not we even did this episode because it's tough. Look, there are allegations that are, as you pointed, really hard to absorb and to even read. I mean, this, we're Talking about a 13 year old girl at the time. And these are serious criminal allegations that are unfounded in a sense because there is no proof. This is her word against his word. And that's what makes any type of sexual allegation or an allegation of abuse so difficult because oftentimes there isn't proof and obviously so many years have passed. This is from 1983. Yeah, mid-80s. So look, there's no way that this is ever going to be. The truth is never going to be determined here beyond a reasonable doubt or any doubt really. So this is tough but also important and I think almost more notably important because these were the files that somehow weren't included.
TJ Holmes
Yeah, if this stuff had all been included in that first document dump, people would have found it, reported about it. He would have said these are unfounded, baseless, wild accusations and folks moved on. I think it does. Robes. Is that what it is? It adds to an element like these just so happen to be the ones that were withheld, the ones with the worst. Is this not the worst information that has come out in any Epstein file about President Trump?
Amy Robach
Without a doubt.
TJ Holmes
Okay.
Amy Robach
Without a doubt. And then we get the response or the, I guess just the official statement from the Department of Justice on X. And it's such a confusing statement. It even adds to almost the deliberate confusion. Like, it's almost like they're deliberately trying to make it seem unintelligible so that you just move on.
TJ Holmes
They nailed it because they confused the hell out of me. But we, we want to, again, we, I guess we just have to give this warning, folks. We're going to share the excerpts of what, Excerpts of what is in these newly released, I guess, newly found documents. But they are out there. The timing, I think it was actually overnight when these hit, was it not, Robe? So, yes, a lot of people are waking up to this news. Yes, the files have been found. Let's go back though. We know documents have been coming out and trickling out since the end of last year. But in particular recently, there were files that were put out in which there was an allegation made against Epstein and Trump by someone in particular, a particular woman who had come forward in 2019. She did four interviews with the FBI. Only the notes of one of those four interviews made it into the public release of file. So people started asking, where's the rest of it? Where are the details about the interview she did with the FBI talking about Trump? So this has been going on not quite a week maybe, but now those are the documents that have been filed. So that is the setup, I guess. Now, Robes, for what we're going to share. These four interviews, all done in 2019 after Epstein was arrested.
Amy Robach
Correct?
TJ Holmes
Right. And that's why the FBI went and talked to this woman. Now, let's start at the top here. Robes. The reason that the FBI even got in touch with this woman is because a friend of the alleged victim reached out to the FBI. And that's where we start.
Amy Robach
Yes, it's interesting. Just news of Jeffrey Epstein being arrested prompted so many of these interviews where people finally felt safe. And that is what I got out of this. When you, I, we read every word of these newly released documents. And one of the biggest takeaways I got, and it just, it takes my breath away, is the fear, the fear that this woman felt. This. She talks about being hounded for years and followed and threatened for years. So she was, she didn't even want this recorded. She was so afraid of her identity being released. That was really palpable to me. But it begins with how the investigation started. A friend states that recently she was informed by an unidentified female friend currently residing in Portland, Oregon that she was forced to perform oral sex on President Trump approximately 35 years ago in the state of New Jersey. The friend stated that she was approximately 13 to 14 years of age when this occurred. The friend allegedly bit President Trump while performing oral sex and described his heavy breathing. The friend was allegedly hit in the face after she laughed about biting him.
TJ Holmes
Okay, so that, that's the setup. I mean, that is how the FBI first come came to know about this whole incident is because this other person came forward. Now again, I, it seems I just want to keep giving warning. Some of this stuff is very difficult to hear. I don't know how robes to treat sometimes these, these stories because as bad as this sounds, it seems, sometimes it seems, how can the President defend himself? These are heinous accusations that we are going to read here. But how is it not relevant to this investigation? How is it not relevant to these files? How is it not relevant to this president in connection to Epstein? I don't know how to not report on it.
Amy Robach
Correct. And I think, and again, we pointed this out a few minutes ago, but I think because these were the files that were, according to the Justice Department, mistakenly marked as duplicative, I believe is what they said, the word they used makes it all, all the more glaring. And that's why this is deeply concerning because this, this report apparently was also included in a Department of justice presentation about the Ghislaine Maxwell files internally. So this was regarded with some level of credibility by detectives and yet was not included in the document release. And that I think is what makes this all the more concerning.
TJ Holmes
And again, a reminder here as we continue, we're going to get into now what this victim, alleged victim, told the FBI and some of these excerpts. But again, I just want to keep warning. Yes, this is. Some of this is tough to hear and also reminder that the President has denied any wrongdoing. He has not been found or charged and accused criminally in any way.
Amy Robach
Correct. So after the friend spoke to detectives or to the FBI, the victim then eventually agreed to do so as well. And so here is some, some. Here are some excerpts from that interview. The victim could not recall the identities of the other individuals present. However, they all exited when Trump asked everyone to leave the room. Trump mentioned something to the effect of let me teach you how little girls are supposed to be. Trump Unzipped his pants and put her head down to his penis. Victim, quote, bit the shit out of it. Trump struck victim and said words to the effect of, get this little. The hell out of here.
TJ Holmes
That's. This is. These are notes again, folks. This is seven years ago these interviews were done. A woman that came forward after Epstein was arrested. Do I remember robes. Was some of this. They. They started wrecking. I think some victims even started recognizing him. They didn't even realize in some cases who they had dealt with. And they started seeing his face and robe. This is amazing that in 2019, this was all triggered because he was arrested.
Amy Robach
Look, there was. I. I believe this from speaking with Virginia and reading the excerpts from other victims. They were genuinely afraid for their safety. Many of these women went into hiding. And you're right, maybe some were so young that they weren't even putting two and two together. And then they see his face and they're triggered, flooded with, oh, my God, that's who that person was. Or maybe they thought it was just them, that they were the only ones. And then they started to see the scope of it and felt compelled to add to what this man reportedly did to so many women, young girls in
TJ Holmes
these interviews, not just about this incident, which there is more about. But Roach, I thought this was interesting. She gave kind of some insights into their relationship and watching them interact. Epstein and Trump.
Amy Robach
Yes. She went on to say to the FBI agents, victim got the feeling the relationship between Epstein and Trump included a certain amount of jealousy. She thought Trump appeared jealous of Epstein, but at some point, they ended up on level playing fields. Trump and Epstein sometimes used the terms fresh meat, untainted and not jaded while referring to girls. Victims stated she had two additional interactions with Trump, but she asked that the interview move on to a different subject. Subject for the time being.
TJ Holmes
Again, folks, these are FBI notes from interviews they did with an alleged victim. And this is what they, The FBI law enforcement was jotting down in their notes. Again, another interesting nugget here, having to do robes with their relationship about blackmail here. But before we even move on to that, your reaction to this? I mean, this is her interpretation. I mean, the President's gonna say she's making every bit of this up and it never happened. But, Ro, that's interesting insight. Take it for what it is.
Amy Robach
It is. And she even went on to say, I know you didn't include this excerpt, but, like the not jaded thing, she said at the time, she had no idea what it meant. And she remembered later looking it up to even try to figure out what the word jaded meant and how it would apply. And she. Only when she became more mature and grew up did she realize what that reference was. I thought that was interesting.
TJ Holmes
Oh, my goodness. And again, a testament here to just how, I mean, they were. So this 13, 14, 15 at the time. Now more about their relationship. Robe. She seemed to give some insight in these interviews about Trump's some of his, I guess, dealings behind the scene. And also, Robes, you pointed out the hell that some of these young ladies seem to go through. And in this interview, she alluded to that with being followed and even blackmailed by Epstein for a long time. Yeah.
Amy Robach
Phone calls where she said she would get, you know, hang ups, static. It sounded like an episode of a horror movie. Warning her, telling her to shut the f up. Being run off the road. I mean, we. This is. I was, I was actually. It was chilling to hear her tell the FBI what she says she has been through for decades.
TJ Holmes
Yeah. She said, quote, stated that Epstein's blackmailing of her mother ruined my family. Asked the agents to keep her safe, stating throughout my life, his Epstein's people have found me, have kept tabs on me. That sounds like someone who was fearful. Again, this is 2019.
Amy Robach
Yes.
TJ Holmes
This woman, this is decades now and she's still complaining.
Amy Robach
Yes. Look, Virginia Giuffre moved to Australia and went into hiding for more than a decade to get away from Epstein. I mean, that's. That's legit. This is not just her story. This is the story of so many others.
TJ Holmes
It's to think the rope, 2019. She's talking about. He's kept tabs on me throughout my life, ruined my family. This is 2019, and she's talking about these things. I mean, how long did this possibly go on? I thought that was interesting, this interesting line. She said that she was confident Trump knew Epstein blackmailed people because she heard the two of them talking about it.
Amy Robach
Yes.
TJ Holmes
And this other here, robe, this is just interesting. Talking about possibly some of Trump's business dealings were not on the up and up.
Amy Robach
Yeah. She said that she knew Trump had illegal building permits. She heard Trump talking about washing money through casinos. Number six, she said, is Donald Trump's favorite number. Not sure how she knew that, but she had heard it at one point. So it's interesting. She's claiming these girls who were around Trump and Epstein actually heard them just being themselves, talking business, talking about their likes, their dislikes, and just having that. That adjacent information beyond just any alleged sexual abuse, but just to have overheard all of these conversations. It is interesting that this was all documented by the FBI.
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Amy Robach
Yes. And we should point out as of this recording, the White House has not responded to this latest release as of early Friday morning. But again, this happened overnight. And the Department of Justice saying that it discovered 15 documents were incorrectly coded as duplicative. So that has been the official response from the Department of Justice on X. And we know that the White House has said that some of these files and even the ones that were released before may include fake, falsely submitted images, documents or videos. Because they're saying everything that the FBI investigated, everything that was sent to the FBI was included in these files, including false, unfounded claims against President Trump was
TJ Holmes
didn't they have some word like they could be explosive or bombastic? They warned that some of this stuff. What was the word?
Amy Robach
Actually, it says some of the documents contain untrue and sensationalist claims against President Trump that were submitted to the FBI right before the 2020 election. I wonder if they were actually referring specifically that interview because if this happened in the summer of 2019, yes. That would be leading up to the 2020 election. So that they could actually have been pre. Warning about this in case it got out or in case it was released or in the event that someone would recognize that this was missing.
TJ Holmes
Is that a line or a suggestion that maybe this was politically motivated? The timing of it at the time.
Amy Robach
To be clear, the claims are unfounded and false. And if they had a shred of credibility, they certainly would have been weaponized against President Trump.
TJ Holmes
All right, so they wrapped up and this was, I guess, robes. This is how they wrapped up with the, the lady in the interviews and nothing more came of it.
Amy Robach
That's right. She, this is the, the last bit from the FBI. Asked whether she was comfortable detailing her contacts with Trump victim. Again, asked what the point would be of providing the information at this point in her life when there was a strong possibility nothing could be done about it. The agents asked to go home and take as much time as she needed to think about speaking with the agents further agreed and the interview ended.
TJ Holmes
That.
Amy Robach
That makes sense.
TJ Holmes
And as far as we know, nothing else ever came of it.
Amy Robach
Right? Because look, if you do the math, if she was 13 at, at 80 in 83, she's in her mid-50s right now, obviously the statute of limitations is far over and she will just be vilified. She, look, if her claims are true, even if she's saying absolutely what happened, there is nothing legally that could be done about it. And really she has way more to lose than anything to gain and she's lived in fear for how long?
TJ Holmes
You know, I. There, there'll be plenty, plenty of folks out there saying she needs to come forward, she needs to be brave, she needs to represent the other women, she needs to do this and that. I. Nope. This woman can do what. And you know, I don't know if she has been, maybe she has been in that group of survivors, maybe she has been interacting. Maybe she's been in front of, in some of those press conferences. We just didn't know who she was. Maybe we don't know. But I cannot Robes. And anyway, no one should question this woman and the decision she has made for her and her safety. You just cannot. And this is another situation in the Epstein files where something's there. We don't, we get no finality, we get no answers, we get no truth necessarily. It's just something else in there. And one side said it happened, other side said it didn't.
Amy Robach
I know the Trump allegations and the Trump narrative is going to be obviously the big incendiary headline and certainly the thing that brings people to read these excerpts. But I think actually just hearing about her, detailing what happened to her in the years afterward is just as chilling and fascinating and eye opening as to perhaps how Jeffrey Epstein may have been able to stay in his position of power and keep all of these women quiet with the threats and the blackmailing. It's really eye opening to hear her version of what she says happened to her. But of course we will always keep our eye on this constantly developing situation with the Epstein investigation. We appreciate you as always for listening to us. I'm Amy Robach alongside TJ Holmes. We'll talk to you very soon.
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Episode Date: March 6, 2026
This episode addresses the sudden, overnight release of previously "missing" FBI files related to allegations against President Donald Trump as part of the Epstein investigation. Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes deliver an in-depth, somber discussion on the contents and context of these documents, which detail accusations of sexual assault by Trump involving a minor. The hosts emphasize the gravity and complexity of these allegations, the challenge of reporting such difficult material, and the ongoing controversy surrounding the Epstein case files.
"Trump mentioned something to the effect of let me teach you how little girls are supposed to be. Trump unzipped his pants and put her head down to his penis. Victim, quote, bit the shit out of it. Trump struck victim and said words to the effect of, get this little... the hell out of here."
Somber, cautious, and deeply sensitive throughout, both Amy and T.J. provide content warnings at key moments and express the weight of reporting on such traumatic and unproven material. They are careful to underscore Trump’s denials, the lack of a criminal charge, and the impossibility of legal resolution for the alleged victim—while also illuminating the culture of fear and silence that surrounded the Epstein case for decades.
The episode offers a raw glimpse into not only the explicit new allegations against Trump found in the Epstein files, but also the pain, fear, and complexity faced by Epstein’s alleged victims. Amy and T.J. ultimately frame the discussion as essential—painful but necessary—while refusing to sensationalize the details or proclaim certainty where none exists.