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Has Virginia Giuffre provided sworn testimony or evidence regarding Donald Trump, and where can it be found?
Executive summary
Virginia Giuffre repeatedly denied in sworn statements and in her memoir that she witnessed or accused Donald Trump of participating in sexual abuse tied to Jeffrey Epstein; her November 2016 deposition and passages of her posthumous memoir are the most-cited places where she addresses Trump (e.g., she said she “didn't partake in any sex with any of us” and “I never saw or witnessed Donald Trump participate in those acts”) [1] [2] [3]. Congressional email releases and White House statements later named Giuffre as the redacted “victim” in some Epstein emails that mentioned Trump, and those releases renewed public attention to her prior sworn testimony and book passages [4] [5].
1. What sworn testimony exists and where to find it — the deposition that is repeatedly cited
Giuffre gave sworn testimony in a November 2016 deposition that has been unsealed and widely quoted; in that deposition she directly addressed a 2011 article’s claim that Trump “flirted” with her and stated she did not see Trump engage in sexual acts with her or other girls while she was with them, saying “I don't think Donald Trump participated in anything” and “I never saw or witnessed Donald Trump participate in those acts” [1] [2]. News outlets pointing to the unsealed record cite the 2016 deposition as the principal sworn source for her statements about Trump [1] [2].
2. What she wrote in her memoir and where to read it — the posthumous book’s passages on Mar‑a‑Lago
In her posthumous memoir Nobody’s Girl — widely excerpted in major outlets — Giuffre recounts working at Mar‑a‑Lago, meeting Trump “once” there, and describes Trump as having “couldn’t have been friendlier,” while not accusing him of wrongdoing; reporters summarize that the book “doesn’t accuse Trump of wrongdoing” and places him as a background figure in her early story [3] [6] [7]. Media coverage of the memoir is the primary route to reading her book excerpts and the passages addressing Trump [3] [6].
3. Email releases and the renewed focus — how the Congressional materials connect to Giuffre and Trump
House Oversight Committee email releases included redacted references to a victim named “Virginia”; the White House later identified that redacted name as Virginia Giuffre and used her prior denials as part of its response, prompting articles noting that the newly public emails referenced Trump and revived scrutiny of Giuffre’s earlier testimony and memoir passages [4] [1]. News outlets report that the email corpus and accompanying statements from the White House are the documents that catalyzed recent media attention [4] [5].
4. Competing framings in coverage — what different outlets emphasize
Some outlets emphasize Giuffre’s consistent denial of seeing Trump commit wrongdoing and highlight her deposition and memoir quotes to suggest no allegation exists against Trump in her testimony (Newsweek, ABC, CBS summaries) [1] [2] [3]. Other coverage emphasizes that Giuffre’s name was the redacted victim in newly released emails and highlights political争议 over whether those emails imply more; the White House framed the releases as a “smear” and identified Giuffre to rebut implications about Trump [4] [5]. These are competing narratives: one points to Giuffre’s explicit denials in sworn testimony and memoir passages [1] [2] [3]; the other focuses on how newly surfaced documents and political statements have renewed public questions [4] [5].
5. What the available sources do not say or prove
Available sources do not mention Giuffre making a sworn allegation that Trump participated in Epstein’s crimes; they also do not provide grand-jury transcripts or any additional sworn deposition beyond the 2016 deposition quoted in reporting, nor do they publish the complete set of the House-released emails in full within these excerpts [1] [4]. If you are seeking original documents (the unredacted 2016 deposition transcript or the complete House Oversight email release), current reporting points to those records as the primary materials but does not embed full transcripts in the cited articles [1] [4].
6. Where to look next if you want primary documents
Journalistic summaries point to the November 2016 deposition (often described as “unsealed” in the so‑called Epstein document releases) and to Giuffre’s posthumous memoir as the primary sources for her statements on Trump; the House Oversight Committee’s email release and White House statements are the key public documents tied to the renewed attention [1] [4] [3]. For original texts, seek the unsealed deposition transcript in court or document-dump repositories noted by major outlets and the memoir Nobody’s Girl (as excerpted in mainstream coverage) [1] [3].
Limitations: reporting varies in emphasis and excerpts quoted; this summary uses only the cited articles and does not assert the existence of other undisclosed testimony or documents — available sources do not mention additional sworn statements alleging Trump’s participation beyond those cited here [1] [2] [4] [3].