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The filing, refiling, and dismissal of the lawsuit against Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein
The anonymous 2016 lawsuit by “Katie Johnson” naming Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein was dismissed by federal judges who concluded the complaint “didn’t raise valid claims under federal law,” and the...
The public docket and contemporaneous reporting show a short-lived series of civil filings by a person using the name “Katie Johnson” in 2016 that were filed, dismissed or withdrawn, and not followed ...
Donald Trump has faced numerous allegations of sexual misconduct over decades, but only a handful led to formal legal filings; most were civil claims, not criminal prosecutions, and several have been ...
Available reporting through 2025 does not produce a clear, independently verified record of sustained on‑camera or print interviews given by the person using the pseudonym “Katie Johnson” between 2016...
The “Katie Johnson” allegation—an accusation that a 13‑year‑old named Katie Johnson was raped by Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump in 1994—originated in a federal complaint filed in 2016, produced cour...