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Which Epstein accusers publicly said they did not accuse Donald Trump and what did they specifically say and when?
Executive summary
Multiple high-profile Epstein accusers publicly said they did not accuse Donald Trump of sexual wrongdoing; reporting cites Virginia Giuffre’s deposition and memoir where she said she did not accuse Trump and that he “couldn’t have been friendlier” [1] [2], and outlets note other accusers’ statements or silence in reaction to newly released Epstein emails [3] [4]. Coverage is uneven across reporting — many articles quote the White House repeating Giuffre’s prior statements and note other survivors’ comments without a comprehensive list of who has or has not accused Trump [5] [1].
1. What the public record clearly shows about Virginia Giuffre’s statements
Virginia Giuffre — the most frequently cited Epstein accuser in this debate — told a court in a 2016 deposition that she did not see Trump participate in abuse and, in her memoir, described a limited encounter and did not accuse him of wrongdoing; news outlets and the White House have repeatedly pointed to those statements in response to Epstein emails that mention Trump [1] [2] [3]. After Democrats released a tranche of Epstein-related emails in 2025, the White House specifically invoked Giuffre’s prior public statements to argue she “repeatedly said President Trump was not involved in any wrongdoing whatsoever” and “couldn’t have been friendlier” in their interactions [5] [1].
2. Other named accusers and what reporting says — sparse or noncommittal
Available sources do not provide a comprehensive catalogue of each Epstein accuser and a contemporaneous denial about Trump; The Guardian and BBC note other accusers (for example Annie Farmer, Maria Farmer) have been prominent in reporting, but the pieces do not uniformly report those women saying they did not accuse Trump of wrongdoing in the same explicit terms as Giuffre’s deposition and memoir [6] [3]. The Guardian emphasized Maria Farmer’s early reporting to police and her telling the New York Times she urged investigators to look into people in Epstein’s orbit — including Trump — but it also notes law enforcement has not accused Trump of related crimes [6].
3. How journalists and the White House have used these statements politically
After the release of Epstein emails in November 2025, White House officials and Trump allies repeatedly cited Giuffre’s prior statements to call the email disclosures a smear or “hoax,” framing her prior denials as exculpatory for the president [5] [1] [4]. In parallel, Congressional Democrats pointed to Epstein’s emails — including lines saying Trump “knew about the girls” — as new grounds for inquiry; outlets reported the two narratives (defense by citing accusers’ denials vs. Democrats’ calls for more transparency) as competing political frames [7] [4] [8].
4. What Epstein’s emails say and how survivors reacted in reporting
House Democrats released emails in which Epstein wrote that Trump “knew about the girls” and that Trump “spent hours at his house with one of his victims,” according to reporting; journalists and committee statements differ on how to interpret those lines and whether they imply wrongdoing by Trump [7] [3] [1]. Some survivors and commentators demanded more transparency and investigation; at least one survivor was quoted saying the emails “speak for themselves,” but explicit, newly published denials by accusers beyond Giuffre are not consistently documented in these sources [9] [10].
5. Limits of the available reporting and what is not found
The available reporting in these search results does not present a definitive, sourced list of “which Epstein accusers publicly said they did not accuse Donald Trump” beyond repeated citation of Virginia Giuffre’s deposition and memoir statements [1] [2]. Specific contemporaneous quotes or dated public denials from other named accusers (e.g., Maria Farmer, Annie Farmer) explicitly saying “I do not accuse Donald Trump” are not found in this selection of sources; where articles mention other accusers they focus on their broader allegations against Epstein and Maxwell rather than on explicit exculpatory statements about Trump [6] [3].
6. How to interpret competing narratives responsibly
Journalistic coverage shows two concurrent facts: Epstein’s own writings reference Trump in ways that raise questions and Democrats pressed for more disclosure [4] [7], while Giuffre’s own prior sworn deposition and memoir state she did not accuse Trump of participating in abuse and described a brief, noncriminal interaction [1] [2]. Readers should weigh the primary-source differences — Epstein’s private emails vs. accusers’ sworn statements and memoirs — and note political actors use both to advance opposing narratives; the sources document those opposing uses but do not resolve underlying factual disputes [8] [4].
If you want, I can compile direct, dated public quotes from the sources cited here (for example the exact deposition language and memoir excerpts attributed to Giuffre) or search for additional reporting that might identify other accusers’ explicit public denials about Trump.