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Newly released documents from the federal government’s files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein include previously unseen FBI interview summaries describing allegations that Donald Trump sexually assaulted a teenage girl in the 1980s, according to an analysis of the materials.
The U.S. Department of Justice posted the documents Thursday as part of ongoing disclosures required under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which mandated the public release of records related to the government’s investigation of Epstein and his associates.
The documents summarize a series of interviews conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 2019 with a woman from South Carolina who said she was sexually abused by Epstein when she was a teenager and later assaulted by Trump.
Authorities have not accused Trump of wrongdoing in connection with Epstein.
Allegations described in FBI interview notes
According to the interview summaries, the woman told investigators that Epstein abused her on Hilton Head Island in or around 1984 when she was 13 years old.
During multiple follow-up interviews that year, she alleged that Epstein later transported her to either New York City or New Jersey, where she said she was taken to a “very tall building with huge rooms” and assaulted by Trump.
The interview notes also state that the woman told investigators Epstein had blackmailed her mother and that she experienced years of threats and intimidation after the alleged abuse.
The FBI conducted at least four interviews with the woman after she initially contacted federal authorities following Epstein’s arrest in 2019.
The newly released summaries do not indicate whether investigators determined the allegations were credible or whether additional investigative steps were taken to corroborate or refute the claims.
Documents surfaced after missing files discovered
The documents were posted after officials acknowledged that some records had been incorrectly categorized.
In a statement Thursday, the Justice Department said it had identified 15 documents that were “incorrectly coded as duplicative.”
The department also said it temporarily removed 47,635 files from its website for additional review and redaction to address victim privacy concerns and remove sexually explicit images before reposting them.
The files had not appeared previously in the Justice Department’s public database, according to a review of archived versions of the site.
Earlier this year, the department said the public release could include materials submitted to the FBI that contain false or unverified allegations, noting that the production included everything received from the public that fell within the law’s scope.
A Justice Department statement released when the bulk of the files were made public in January said that claims against Trump contained in the records were “unfounded and false.”
Oversight investigation intensifies
The latest disclosures come amid escalating congressional scrutiny of how the government handled the Epstein records.
On Wednesday, the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform voted to subpoena Pam Bondi, the U.S. attorney general, for testimony about the Justice Department’s release of the files.
Lawmakers from both parties have raised questions about missing documents and the pace at which the records have been disclosed.
Robert Garcia, a California Democrat and the ranking member of the committee, said the documents referenced in the FBI interviews were not included in an unredacted collection that members of Congress previously reviewed.
“We are going to end this White House cover-up,” Garcia wrote on social media Thursday.
The Justice Department said lawmakers will be able to review unredacted versions of documents that had previously been coded as duplicates in a congressional reading room.
Lawsuit against Epstein’s estate
The woman who made the allegations filed a lawsuit in 2019 against Epstein’s estate seeking damages related to the alleged abuse.
According to court filings, the case was voluntarily dismissed in 2021.
Epstein, who faced federal sex-trafficking charges at the time of his death, died in custody in 2019 while awaiting trial.
