What do the FBI 302 victim interview forms from the 2006–2008 Epstein investigation contain and which have been released?
Executive summary
The Justice Department says it released roughly 3–3.5 million pages of material under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, drawn from multiple probes and intended to include the investigative records collected over two decades [1][2]; advocates and some lawmakers immediately disputed whether key FBI FD‑302 victim-interview summaries from the 2006–2008 Florida investigation were actually produced or remain withheld [3][2].
1. What an “FD‑302” is and why it matters
An FD‑302 is the FBI’s formal written summary of what agents recorded during witness or victim interviews — a document agents prepare from notes that can underpin later testimony or prosecutorial decisions — and proponents of disclosure say those 302s could show precisely what survivors told federal agents before the controversial 2008 plea deal [4][5].
2. What the released Epstein trove actually contains
The files the DOJ publicly released include millions of pages of emails, images, videos, case files from Florida and New York prosecutions, materials from the Maxwell prosecution and investigations into Epstein’s death, plus FBI investigative products such as charts and summaries assembled more recently [1][6][7]; individual interview notes and anecdotal summaries appear among those materials — for example, a 2007 staff interview reporting that an employee said Epstein once had him deliver flowers to a high‑school student — but those items are described as piecemeal rather than a clear, indexed set of FD‑302s [8].
3. Which victim‑interview 302s from 2006–2008 have been released (and which are disputed)
The Department of Justice has stated it published the responsive documents collected from the five primary case sources covered by the law, but multiple advocacy groups and Representative Ro Khanna say the specific FD‑302 forms memorializing victim interviews from the 2006–2008 Florida investigation were not evident in the release and therefore remain in dispute [1][3][2]; media coverage after the release highlights interviews, tips and FBI summaries but does not identify a comprehensive set of original 2006–2008 FD‑302s made public [9][6].
4. Two competing narratives: DOJ’s completeness claim vs. advocates’ concerns
The DOJ framed the publication as comprehensive and responsive to the statute, noting the materials came from multiple investigations and warning that some files contained unsubstantiated tips unrelated to cases [1][10]; critics, including lawmakers and survivor advocates, contend the release is incomplete — they specifically asked for the FD‑302 victim statements, a draft 2007 indictment and prosecution memorandum and files from Epstein’s devices, and say those items (notably the 302s) are still missing or redacted [2][10][3].
5. What the released materials do — and do not — settle
The newly made public pages add documentary texture: email chains involving prominent figures, investigator diagrams of victim networks, tips summaries assembled later, and scattered interview notes — material that illuminates investigators’ knowledge and the broader record [9][6][8]. However, whether the original, contemporaneous FD‑302 victim interview forms from the 2006–2008 federal probe have been fully produced, partially produced with redactions, or withheld remains contested in public reporting: DOJ asserts it met the law’s requirements, while members of Congress and victim advocates say they cannot find the FD‑302s they sought [1][3][11].
6. How to interpret the gap and next steps for transparency
Given the DOJ’s release and the ongoing calls for specific 302s, the record now offers more searchable material but not the definitive public accounting some lawmakers and survivors demanded; independent reviewers and congressional oversight say they will continue to comb the deposits for FD‑302s, draft indictments and prosecution memoranda alleged to have been prepared in 2007 but not publicly seen, keeping the question of what the original victim 302s contain — and whether they were released intact — alive [2][12][10].