The Justice Department has released additional records tied to allegations that President Trump sexually abused a minor after an NPR review found dozens of pages were being withheld from the public Epstein files database.
What was released and what remains missing
The newly published material includes 16 pages that cover three additional FBI interview summaries with a woman who has accused Trump of sexual abuse decades earlier when she was a minor, plus two pages of an intake form documenting the initial call to the FBI from a friend who relayed the claims. NPR had identified 53 pages that appeared missing from the public database; after this release, 37 pages still remain missing, including interview notes, a law enforcement report and license records.
The Justice Department told NPR it withheld some documents because they were “privileged, are duplicates or relate to an ongoing federal investigation.” After NPR’s initial story, the department said it was reviewing whether records had been mistakenly tagged as duplicates and that any such records would be published consistent with the law.
Details in the newly added material
The interview documents are part of more than 1,000 new pages added to the public Epstein files, which appear to include the case file from the 2006 FBI investigation into Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. The new files provide additional detail about allegations involving both Trump and Epstein when the woman was reported to be between about 13 and 15 years old.
An FBI email summarized the claim that around 1983, when the woman was roughly 13, Epstein introduced her to Trump, “who subsequently forced her head down to his exposed penis which she subsequently bit. In response, Trump punched her in the head and kicked her out.” In the newly published interview summaries the woman reportedly described putting her head “down to his penis” and saying she “bit the s*** out of it.” She alleged Trump struck her and said something to the effect of, “get this little b**** the hell out of here.”
In her final FBI interview in 2019, when asked whether she felt comfortable detailing her contacts with Trump, the woman reportedly asked why she should provide information “at this point in her life when there was a strong possibility nothing could be done about it.”
The new files do not explain how federal investigators assessed the credibility of her claims or how the matter was resolved. It also remains unclear why the allegations were included in a Justice Department slide presentation last year summarizing cases against Epstein and Maxwell.
Responses and oversight
Trump has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing related to Epstein. The White House and Justice Department have cautioned that the raw files contain “untrue and sensationalist claims.” White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson said the president has been “totally exonerated on anything relating to Epstein” and highlighted administration steps such as releasing documents and signing the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
Members of the House Oversight Committee from both parties have pressed the Justice Department for answers about the missing pages and how the release has been handled; the committee voted to subpoena Attorney General Pam Bondi to question her about the documents.
This is a developing story and may be updated.
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