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Laura Coates Live

Dozens Of FBI Files Missing From Epstein Files In Latest Misstep

Laura Coates Live

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3.92.5K Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2026

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Dozens of FBI witness interviews from the investigation of Jeffrey Epstein appear to be missing from the massive trove of files released by the Department of Justice last month, according to a CNN review – including three interviews related to a woman who accused President Donald Trump of sexually assaulting her decades ago. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Tonight, here we go again.

0:05.0

The DOJ steps on another mess of its own making.

0:10.0

Why are FBI records of interviews with the Trump accuser missing from the Epstein files?

0:16.0

Park and Pong's woman Anna, Paulina, Luna is here to weigh in on that.

0:21.5

And the new pressure on E.G. Pam Bondi.

0:24.6

Plus, Republican lawmaker Tony Gonzalez digs in, accused of having an affair and sending

0:29.0

graphic text to a staffer who later died by suicide, but he claims he's being blackmailed.

0:35.5

And a flurry of activity at Nancy Guthrie's home,

0:38.3

including people in suits.

0:40.1

What were they after?

0:41.4

Tonight on Laura Coates Live.

0:49.3

My opening statement tonight,

0:51.8

the DOJ just can't stop stepping on awake. At nearly every stage of the

0:57.3

fallout over the Epstein files, the DOJ has managed to spotlight its own failures, whether it's

1:02.9

accidental or intentional or incompetence. I mean, any way you slice it, it's bad. And it's

1:09.8

undercutting the DAJ's credibility when it needs it most.

1:13.8

Here's the newest mess it's created for itself. Dozens of files from the Epstein investigation,

1:20.6

well, they appear to be missing. We're talking more than 90 records. Not just routine administrative

1:26.5

documents, they're witness interviews. And three of those

1:29.9

interviews are from a woman who accused a very high profile name of sexual assault. That name,

1:36.3

Donald Trump. Here's what we know. This woman first called the FBI after Epstein was arrested in 2019.

1:43.3

She told agents that Epstein had repeatedly

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