DOJ Epstein File Release Still Missing FBI Memos on Alleged Abuse by Staley and Black
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MS NOW reports that, even after the Justice Department restored tens of thousands of Jeffrey Epstein case documents and added FBI memos involving accusations against President Donald Trump, key FBI interview notes about alleged abuse by former JPMorgan executive James “Jes” Staley and private‑equity billionaire Leon Black remain absent from DOJ’s public Epstein site. A 2021 DOJ index, released in January 2026, shows roughly 35 pages of handwritten FBI notes and at least one FBI 302 summarizing multiple interviews from 2019 to 2021 with a woman who accused Epstein of ongoing abuse and alleged sexual assault or unwanted sexual contact by Staley and Black at Epstein’s New York mansion, but those materials cannot be found among the posted files. The apparent gaps were uncovered by comparing that index with a 2025 internal FBI PowerPoint—now public—that summarizes uncorroborated accusations against “prominent names,” including Trump, Staley, and Black, and specifically recounts the woman’s claims about being directed to massage Staley and Black. DOJ has previously blamed some missing Trump‑related Epstein records on mis‑coding as “duplicative” and said other documents were temporarily removed over nudity concerns, while insisting its multi‑year review found no evidence to justify investigations of “uncharged third parties.” Both Black and Staley deny any wrongdoing connected to Epstein or women they met through him, and MS NOW stresses it has not independently corroborated the woman’s allegations, but the lingering holes in the public record are already fueling online suspicion that powerful figures are being shielded and that DOJ’s Epstein transparency push is selective at best.
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