The Justice Department has released additional files related to allegations that President Trump sexually abused a minor after an NPR investigation found dozens of pages had been withheld.
The newly published material includes 16 pages covering three additional FBI interview summaries with a woman who 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 previously identified 53 pages that appeared missing from the public database; with this release, 37 pages remain missing, including interview notes, a law enforcement report and license records.
The Justice Department has told NPR that documents were withheld 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.
More detail, less context
The interview documents are part of more than 1,000 new pages added to the Epstein files public database, which appear to include the complete case file from the 2006 investigation into Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. The new material provides more detail about allegations involving both Trump and Epstein when the woman was reported to be between 13 and 15 years old.
An FBI email summarizing the claims and a Justice Department PowerPoint note that around 1983, when the woman was about 13, Epstein allegedly 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 is reported to have 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 clarify how federal investigators assessed the credibility of her claims or how they were 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
Trump has repeatedly denied wrongdoing related to Epstein. The White House and Justice Department have warned that the raw files released to the public include “untrue and sensationalist claims.” White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson told NPR: “Just as President Trump has said, he’s been totally exonerated on anything relating to Epstein. And by releasing thousands of pages of documents, cooperating with the House Oversight Committee’s subpoena request, signing the Epstein Files Transparency Act, and calling for more investigations into Epstein’s Democrat friends, President Trump has done more for Epstein’s victims than anyone before him. Meanwhile, Democrats like Hakeem Jeffries and Stacey Plaskett have yet to explain why they were soliciting money and meetings from Epstein after he was a convicted sex offender.”
House Oversight Committee members from both parties have demanded answers about the missing files and how the Justice Department has handled the release. The committee voted to subpoena Attorney General Pam Bondi to question her about the documents.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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