Mistakenly Withheld: The FBI Interviews Bondi's DOJ Didn't Want You to See
- Patrick Duggan
- Mar 6
- 8 min read
# Mistakenly Withheld: The FBI Interviews Bondi's DOJ Didn't Want You to See
The Department of Justice released 173 files this week that it described as "mistakenly withheld" from the Epstein document releases. The House Oversight Committee — in a bipartisan vote with five Republicans breaking ranks — subpoenaed Attorney General Pam Bondi to explain what happened.
We downloaded all 173 files. We extracted the text. We indexed them. They're searchable right now at epstein.dugganusa.com.
Here's what was in them.
The Trump Accuser Interviews
**EFTA02858491** — FBI FD-302, August 30, 2019
An FBI interview with an accuser — identified only as "II" in the document — who was asked to "provide additional details regarding her first interaction with DONALD TRUMP when she was approximately 13 to 15 years old, in either New York or New Jersey, and while also in the company of JEFFREY EPSTEIN."
She had previously told the FBI that Trump struck her after she bit him. In this follow-up interview, she provided more detail:
> "Pulled her hair and punched her on the side of her head."
She was 13 to 15 years old.
The same accuser told the FBI that her mother spent approximately two years in federal prison in Columbia, South Carolina. The mother's sentence was related to an embezzlement conviction — connected to being **blackmailed by Jeffrey Epstein and Jim Atkins** over explicit photographs of the accuser.
Let that sink in. Epstein took photographs of a child. Then used those photographs to blackmail the child's mother. The mother went to prison. The child was left unprotected.
After the assaults, the accuser was threatened repeatedly by unidentified people she believed were connected to Epstein. Her mother was also threatened. One voicemail from an unidentified man said:
> "Fuck you. You better keep your mouth closed."
The threatening calls began after she gave birth to her daughter. They came from numbers listed as "No ID" on her caller ID system.
**EFTA02858497** — FBI Crisis Intake, July 8, 2019
Two days after Epstein was arrested, a caller contacted the FBI's National Threat Operations Center to report a friend in Portland, Oregon who said she was forced to perform oral sex on President Trump approximately 35 years ago in New Jersey. The friend was approximately 13-14 years old at the time.
From the FBI document:
> 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."
When shown a picture of Jeffrey Epstein, the friend confirmed he had also abused her.
The caller asked that if her friend was ever interviewed, her identity be protected.
These are FBI documents. FD-302 interview reports and Crisis Intake forms. Conducted by federal agents. Filed under Case ID 31E-NY-3027571. Marked UNCLASSIFIED//FOUO. Subject to protective order.
And the DOJ called their non-release a mistake.
Operation Leap Year — The 60-Count Indictment That Died
**EFTA02857524** — Memorandum to R. Alexander Acosta, May 1, 2007
Subject: "Re: Operation Leap Year"
This memo sought approval from US Attorney Acosta for a **sealed 60-count indictment** against Jeffrey Epstein, JEGE Inc., and Hyperion Air Inc. It requested forfeiture of Epstein's Palm Beach home and two airplanes.
> "The FBI has information regarding Epstein's whereabouts on May 16th and May 19th and they would like to arrest him on one of those dates. Epstein is considered an extremely high flight risk and, from information we have received, a continued danger to the community based upon his continued enticement of underage girls."
The memo asked to present the sealed indictment to a grand jury on May 15, 2007. It noted:
> "Epstein's crimes are considered crimes of violence and negotiation with his attorney's may undermine our arguments for pretrial detention."
The footnotes are devastating. Epstein's two airplanes were held in shell corporations — JEGE Inc. and Hyperion Air Inc. — which the indictment would name as co-conspirators. His resources were described as "virtually limitless. In addition to the two airplanes, one of which cost $42,000,000, he has homes around the world, and a fortune estimated to exceed $1 billion."
Three versions of this memo exist in the batch:
- **EFTA02857524**: Original, May 1, 2007
- **EFTA02857763**: Revised September 13, 2007
- **EFTA02857732**: Second revision, February 19, 2008
Nine months. From May 2007 to February 2008, the memo was revised and revised again. The 60-count indictment was never filed. Acosta gave Epstein a plea deal instead — 13 months in a county jail with work release. The victims were not notified.
**EFTA02857763** — the September 2007 revision — adds critical detail. The Palm Beach Police Department had identified **approximately 27 girls** who went to Epstein's house for "sexual massages." Their ages ranged from 14 to 23. The investigation began when a school principal found $300 cash in the purse of "Jane Doe #16," a 14-year-old. She first said she earned the money at Chick-Fil-A. Then she said she was selling drugs. Finally she admitted she'd been paid $300 to give a massage to a man on Palm Beach Island.
The memo documents the escalation pattern in clinical detail. It began with massage. Then touching. Then a vibrator. Then digital penetration. Then intercourse. "On at least three occasions, Epstein had intercourse and inserted his penis/fingers into the vaginas of different underage females." The victims were paid $200 to $1,000 per visit.
This was in the government's hands in 2007. They had 60 counts ready to file. The FBI wanted to arrest him. And Acosta said no.
The Co-Conspirator Prosecution Memo
**EFTA02731082** — SDNY Memorandum, December 19, 2019
To: Geoffrey S. Berman, US Attorney, Southern District of New York
Subject: "Investigation into Potential Co-Conspirators of Jeffrey Epstein"
Marked: PRIVILEGED — ATTORNEY WORK PRODUCT / DELIBERATIVE PROCESS. CONFIDENTIAL — SUBJECT TO FED. R. CRIM. P. 6(e) (grand jury material).
This is the SDNY's internal analysis of whether Epstein's associates could be criminally charged after his death. It details the investigative steps taken since Epstein's July 2, 2019 indictment and "analyzes the extent to which certain of Epstein's associates and employees may or may not be criminally liable for their conduct during their employment with Epstein."
The memo describes how Epstein "worked with others, including employees and associates who facilitated his exploitation of minors by, among other things, contacting victims and scheduling their sexual encounters with Epstein, both in New York and in Florida."
This is the document that explains why only Maxwell was charged. The government analyzed the evidence against multiple associates — and made choices about who to prosecute and who to leave alone. That analysis is now public.
The Leon Black Problem
Sixty-nine documents in this batch reference Leon Black. The most significant:
**EFTA02731662 / EFTA02731582** — FBI internal emails, July 2023
The Manhattan District Attorney's office called the FBI about Leon Black. A new victim had "recently come to our attention with connections to the Epstein/Maxwell case." This victim had "identified other potential traffickers."
The FBI's response: they wanted to "do a bit of due diligence before deciding what, if anything, we should do with this information."
What, if anything. A victim identified traffickers. The FBI wanted to think about whether to investigate.
**EFTA02730996** — The Dechert LLP investigation memo, January 22, 2021. Apollo's Conflicts Committee retained Dechert as independent counsel to investigate the relationship between Leon Black and Jeffrey Epstein. This is the memo that eventually led to Black stepping down as Apollo's chairman — but which also concluded, conveniently, that Apollo itself had no exposure. Black paid Epstein $158 million. The memo is now in the DOJ's Epstein files.
Congress subpoenaed Leon Black yesterday.
The Prosecution That Almost Was
**EFTA02731200** — SDNY Prosecution Memo, April 14, 2020
This memo analyzes "a potential prosecution against [redacted] for participating in a sex trafficking conspiracy with Epstein." The name is redacted but the memo describes the person as someone "who worked as an assistant to Jeffrey Epstein."
The memo incorporates the June 2019 Epstein prosecution memo and the December 2019 co-conspirator investigation update. Someone who worked as Epstein's assistant was analyzed for potential sex trafficking conspiracy charges.
We don't know the outcome. The name is redacted. But the memo exists. The government considered charging someone else — and either did or didn't.
The FBI Case Opening
**EFTA02857863** — FBI Electronic Communication, December 4, 2018
This is the FD-1057 form that opened the case that led to Epstein's arrest seven months later. Case ID: 31E-MM-NEW. Classification: WSTA — CHILD PROSTITUTION. Miami Squad PB-2.
It cross-references the original Palm Beach County Police Department investigation from 2005-2006. The same victims. The same pattern. The same evidence. Twelve years later, the FBI finally reopened the case.
Between 2008 and 2018, Epstein was free. He visited the island. He hosted dinners with scientists and politicians. He coached Ruemmler's job interviews. He finalized Rothschild agreements. He had dinner with MBS. A governor was "happy to help."
Ten years of freedom because Acosta killed Operation Leap Year.
The Evidence Directory
**EFTA02730274** — FBI Evidence File Listing
A directory listing from the FBI's evidence repository — "THE BIG E" — showing the structure of the digital evidence collected. The file names tell a story the FBI never intended to make public:
- NUDES 00-24
- ANAL WAND FORK HANDLE
- Alan Dershowitz
- Little St. James Island maps and blueprints
- Epstein Planes / Passenger lists
- Employee lists
- Large portraits
- JE 50 BDAY (Epstein's 50th birthday)
- MIS AFRICA PICS
"NUDES 00-24." In an evidence directory. About a man who trafficked children.
The Peter Nygard Connection
**EFTA02858465** — FBI Tactical Intelligence Report, March 13, 2020
FBI New York produced a tactical intelligence report on Suelyn Medeiros, "a Known Associate of Peter Nygard." Nygard — the fashion mogul now convicted of sex trafficking — hosted what the FBI called "Pamper Parties" at his Bahamas property. The analyst note describes:
> 30 to 50 girls at the parties on Sundays. The only men present were Bahamian volleyball players and maintenance men.
Nygard "enticed teens to attend the party by telling them they could become models or beauty queens." He would then "choose one teen from the group, bring her to a bedroom under the guise of speaking further about her career and sexually assault them."
This report is filed under the Epstein case number. The FBI was investigating overlapping trafficking networks. Epstein in Palm Beach and New York. Nygard in the Bahamas and Los Angeles. Connected through shared associates.
What "Mistakenly Withheld" Means
The DOJ said these files were withheld by mistake. Let's review what was in them:
1. FBI interviews with a woman accusing the sitting President of sexual assault at age 13-15
2. Evidence that the accuser's mother was blackmailed and imprisoned using explicit photos of her child
3. A 60-count sealed indictment that the US Attorney killed
4. An internal memo analyzing which co-conspirators to charge and which to leave alone
5. FBI emails showing the Manhattan DA reported new trafficking victims and the FBI wasn't sure whether to investigate
6. Evidence directory listings including "NUDES 00-24" and "ANAL WAND FORK HANDLE"
Mistakenly withheld. All of it. Just a mistake.
The House Oversight Committee didn't think it was a mistake either. That's why they subpoenaed the Attorney General — with five Republicans voting yes.
Search It Yourself
> Search "EFTA02858491" at https://epstein.dugganusa.com — the Trump accuser FBI interview
> Search "Operation Leap Year" — the buried 60-count indictment
> Search "co-conspirators investigation" — the SDNY prosecution analysis
> Search "Leon Black DANY" — the Manhattan DA victim reports
> Search "Nygard pamper" — the parallel trafficking network
398,560 DOJ documents. 173 new files from the "mistakenly withheld" batch. Free. Searchable. Government-sourced.
The mistake wasn't withholding them. The mistake was releasing them.
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