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MR FUN | 2/19/26
The Majority Report • Feb 19, 2026

MR FUN | 2/19/26

DOJ Scrubs Record of Interviews With Trump Accuser From Epstein Files
New Republic • Feb 19, 2026

DOJ Scrubs Record of Interviews With Trump Accuser From Epstein Files

The Department of Justice spoke four separate times to a woman who credibly accused Donald Trump of having sex with a minor he met through Jeffrey Epstein—but most accusations against the president appear to have been removed from the government’s documents on the alleged sex trafficker. A 21-page slideshow buried in the massive trove of Epstein-related documents included allegations that sometime between 1983 and 1985, Trump forced a woman to give him oral sex when she was in her early teens. When the woman bit down on Trump’s exposed penis, he allegedly punched her in the head and kicked her out. That same woman told the DOJ that Epstein had introduced her to Trump in 1984.Yet last week, Attorney General Pam Bondi insisted that there was “no evidence” that Trump had committed any crime—adding to the growing pile of denials from Trump officials that constitute a sweeping cover-up of the president’s alleged wrongdoing. Justice Department records indicate that the FBI spoke to this woman not once but at least four separate times, according to independent journalists Roger Sollenberger and Nina Burleigh. Now those records appear to have been removed from public viewing—despite the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which requires all documents relating to the alleged sex trafficker to be made public. Sollenberger discovered a record of four separate interviews, which took place in the summer of 2019, in a separate database of documents downloaded from the government’s public files on Epstein. That document indicated that the first of the four interviews was conducted on July 24, 2019, and the last conducted on October 16, 2019. That document was given to Ghislaine Maxwell’s lawyers as part of her trial, though the specific allegations predated Maxwell’s involvement with Epstein, Sollenberger wrote.The woman’s first interview was entered into the FBI’s case files on August 9, 2019, just one day before Epstein was found dead in his jail cell. FBI agents typically have a deadline of five working days to file interview write-ups, indicating an abnormal 16-day gap, Sollenberger noted.This story has been updated.

What the Latest Bombshell Epstein Arrest Means for Trump
New Republic • Feb 19, 2026

What the Latest Bombshell Epstein Arrest Means for Trump

The global elite are beginning to face consequences for their affiliations with Jeffrey Epstein, and the dominoes may soon cascade into American politics.Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the former British prince and Duke of York, was arrested Thursday (his birthday) on suspicion of misconduct in public office. Recently released documents from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Epstein files trove surfaced disturbing images of Mountbatten-Windsor climbing over and inappropriately touching Epstein’s young victims. His arrest is the latest notable instance in which someone with extensive ties to the child sex trafficker has actually faced a modicum of justice, sparking what some observers argue is a shift in the tides for Epstein’s alleged criminal associates—perhaps including Donald Trump.As The Mirror’s columnist Christopher Bucktin noted Thursday, “Whatever the eventual outcome, the message was unmistakable: status alone no longer guarantees insulation from criminal investigation.”Bucktin referred back to Attorney General Pam Bondi’s apparent refusal to hold Epstein’s associates accountable, including repeatedly denying requests during a congressional hearing last week to reopen investigations into Epstein’s connections based on the recently made public mounds of evidence in the DOJ’s files.“If examining credible allegations against powerful individuals, like what the U.K. is now doing, risks shaking institutions, then those institutions demand deeper scrutiny, not gentler handling,” Bucktin continued. “The rule of law cannot function on the basis that some names are simply too significant, too connected, too politically sensitive to examine.”King Charles said much the same hours after his brother’s arrest, noting in a statement that the “law must take its course” with regard to Mountbatten-Windsor’s alleged transgressions.Bucktin argued that “justice cannot stop at one imprisoned accomplice while others retreat behind legal teams and influence. It cannot flinch because the truth might prove politically explosive. And it cannot accept that the potential embarrassment of the elite outweighs the public’s right to accountability,” he wrote.“A birthday arrest on suspicion of misconduct in a public office should not stand alone as a rare spectacle. It should signal something larger: that no title, no fortune, no political office is sufficient armour against the law.”

Former Prince Andrew Arrested in U.K. as Global Fallout from Epstein Files Grows
Democracy Now • Feb 19, 2026

Former Prince Andrew Arrested in U.K. as Global Fallout from Epstein Files Grows

U.K. police have arrested the former Prince Andrew, the brother of King Charles, on suspicion of misconduct in public office. Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was previously sued in 2021 by Epstein survivor Virginia Giuffre, who accused him of multiple instances of sexual assault when she was underage. The lawsuit was settled out of court shortly after it was filed, but Mountbatten-Windsor was allowed to keep his royal title and privileges at the time. Those were recently stripped following revelations about the extent of his friendship with the American serial sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Their friendship has been widely known to the public since at least 2008, when Epstein was first convicted for soliciting a minor for sex. British authorities are now reportedly investigating whether Mountbatten-Windsor shared confidential government information with Epstein in 2010 while serving as a U.K. trade representative. “This is a story about sex trafficking, about the abuse of numerous women, and it seems like where justice might be brought, it’s on a different charge, which is sharing confidential information with a powerful person,” says Novara Media’s Michael Walker.

Courts Have Ruled 4,400+ Times That ICE Jailed People Illegally; Despite Rebukes, ICE Keeps Doing It
Democracy Now • Feb 19, 2026

Courts Have Ruled 4,400+ Times That ICE Jailed People Illegally; Despite Rebukes, ICE Keeps Doing It

Following violent and indiscriminate sweeps of immigrant communities across the United States, the number of people in ICE detention has increased 75% since President Trump returned to the Oval Office. Yet, as the number of lawsuits against the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign skyrockets, the federal government has continued to jail people indefinitely. Although judges across the U.S. have handed down more than 4,400 rulings of illegal detentions of immigrants since October, very few of these rulings have been acted upon. Reuters reporter Brad Heath says the unprecedented “pile-up” of tens of thousands of cases is straining the capacity of the rapidly shrinking staff at the Department of Justice and further delaying the release of immigrants from ICE jails.

Senate Democrats threaten Paramount-Warner probe
Semafor • Feb 19, 2026

Senate Democrats threaten Paramount-Warner probe

Dissatisfied with Paramount CEO David Ellison’s written testimony, the Democrats are preparing a deeper probe if they take control of the Senate in the midterm elections.

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