Democrats and their media allies are fired up over a “bombshell” NPR report seemingly implicating President Donald Trump, but the problem is that the report is, as usual, bupkis.
Published earlier this week, the NPR report breathlessly claims that when the Department of Justice (DOJ) released the Epstein files, they withheld a few pages containing “allegations that President Trump sexually abused a minor.”
“Some files have not been made public despite a law mandating their release,” the report reads. “These include what appear to be more than 50 pages of FBI interviews, as well as notes from conversations with a woman who accused Trump of sexual abuse decades ago when she was a minor.”
The insane left is now in an uproar over this report:
Well: reporting confirms it – the Justice Department withheld Epstein files that contained allegations about Trump abusing a minor.
What are these people trying to hide?
— Mark Warner (@MarkWarner) February 24, 2026
This should be the biggest political scandal in modern history. https://t.co/i5SMlTnvzR
— Ruben Gallego (@RubenGallego) February 24, 2026
“Oversight Democrats can confirm that the DOJ appears to have illegally withheld FBI interviews with this survivor who accused President Trump of heinous crimes,” House Oversight Committee ranking member Rep. Robert Garcia said in a statement.
But it’s all phony bologna, and the evidence lies near the bottom of the NPR report that Democrats have been feverish over.
What’s true is that records of an FBI interview with a woman who alleged that Epstein had introduced her to Trump when she was 13 were indeed missing from the tranche of documents released publicly.
But what’s also true is that, according to the DOJ, the records were held back because of a request from the woman and her attorney!
Another missing record, meanwhile, is from an interview with a woman who was abused by Epstein as a child. When identifying her abuser to the authorities, she showed them a cropped photo of her abuser. The person missing from the cropped photo was reportedly Trump.
Here’s the catch: The woman readily admitted to having purposefully used the cropped version because she “was concerned about implicating additional individuals.”
So she removed Trump from the photo precisely to make sure he wasn’t incorrectly implicated with her actual abuser.
Buried deep within the BOMBSHELL NPR article is the actual content of these Epstein records:
– A woman who called the FBI with a “cropped photo” of a “widely distributed photograph” of Epstein and Trump.
– A woman who sued the Epstein estate and dismissed her claims in 2021.
– A… https://t.co/RbsKqY9vDi pic.twitter.com/4KsPxibr1t— Greg Price (@greg_price11) February 24, 2026
The next missing record is from a woman who never even mentioned Trump. Instead she at one time sued Epstein, who’s now deceased, but later voluntarily retracted her suit and claims in 2021.
The last missing record is from a woman who did indeed accuse Trump of abusing her when she was young — but who ultimately refused to cooperate with the authorities, making her claim meaningless.
Speaking with NPR, White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson was quick to note that all the so-called “evidence” scooped up by NPR was a big, fat nothingburger.
“Just as President Trump has said, he’s been totally exonerated on anything relating to Epstein,” Jackson noted. “And by releasing thousands of pages of documents, cooperating with the House Oversight Committee’s subpoena request, signing the Epstein Files Transparency Act, and calling for more investigations into Epstein’s Democrat friends, President Trump has done more for Epstein’s victims than anyone before him.”
“Meanwhile, Democrats like Hakeem Jeffries and Stacey Plaskett have yet to explain why they were soliciting money and meetings from Epstein after he was a convicted sex offender,” she added.
Other critics also assailed the network:
RIP npr. This should be the final nail in your coffin. President Trumps Lawsuit’s going to put you out of business.
— Pamela ✝️🇺🇸 (@pamelagg01) February 24, 2026
“NPR investigation” is always Liberal fever dreams with no substance. Pure conjecture mixed with propaganda.
— KD6-3.7 (@bkp6908) February 24, 2026
I snorted milk out of my nose when I read, “NPR investigation”!! You think anyone believes this crap? Where was all the investigation during the Russia Hoax, Hunter laptop, Biden dementia?
— Greg Nay (@greglnay) February 25, 2026
NPR? 😂 Lost their taxpayer funding under DOGE. Yea, like they aren’t out for revenge and will spew lies to try and smear the man who is responsible for exposing their leftist trash rag being paid with taxpayer money. Move along liars
— Maggie B (@Malinoisx3) February 24, 2026
This again? Ridiculous. pic.twitter.com/4RC521jalH
— AquaDan (@AquaDan17) February 25, 2026
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V. Saxena is a staff writer with a decade of experience as a professional writer, and a lifetime of experience as an avid news junkie. He holds a degree in computer technology from Purdue University. Saxena also contributes to BizPac Review.
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