Overview

• Jessica Reed Kraus posted more than two dozen Instagram stories on Monday deriding women who say Jeffrey Epstein abused them, including mocking quotes and claims that they manipulated the narrative.
• Kraus was invited to the White House earlier this year and given an “Epstein Files: Phase 1” binder that reporting says largely repackaged already public information.
• She amplified a Michael Tracey Substack questioning several accusers’ accounts, and Tracey later accused her of plagiarizing his work and noted she deleted a photo showing her binder.
• Survivors appeared with Republican and Democratic lawmakers last week to urge President Donald Trump to release remaining records, which Kraus dismissed as a media-driven “PR stunt.”
• Attorney General Pam Bondi has maintained there are no additional Epstein files to release, a stance that has turned the binder distribution into a political liability for the administration.