The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has released a set of FBI documents connected to the Jeffrey Epstein investigation, revealing interviews with a woman who made unsubstantiated sexual assault allegations against United States President Donald Trump. The claims, which remain uncorroborated, were strongly rejected by the White House, which described them as baseless.
The documents form part of a wider disclosure of files related to Epstein, the convicted sex offender who died in 2019 while awaiting trial on federal sex-trafficking charges. The release follows concerns raised by lawmakers and media outlets after reports indicated that some records were initially missing from the Justice Department’s public database.
According to the DOJ, the documents were mistakenly excluded during the review process because they had been “incorrectly coded as duplicative.” The department later corrected the issue and published the materials as part of the ongoing release of Epstein-related records.
The newly released files include three FBI memos summarising interviews conducted in 2019 with an unnamed woman who made allegations involving both Epstein and Trump. The memos state that the claims were not corroborated by investigators.
In one of the interview summaries, the woman told FBI agents that Epstein introduced her to Trump in the 1980s when she was a teenager. She alleged that both men sexually assaulted her when she was between the ages of 13 and 15.
The documents indicate that the FBI interviewed the woman several times during its investigation but ultimately had no further contact with her after the interviews concluded. The memos do not present supporting evidence confirming the claims.
It is also unclear from the records whether Trump and Epstein were acquainted during the specific time period when the woman alleges the incidents occurred.
Trump has consistently denied any wrongdoing connected to Epstein. The former president has also stated in the past that his relationship with Epstein ended long before Epstein’s legal troubles became public.
Following the release of the documents, the White House dismissed the allegations as lacking credibility.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said the claims were completely unfounded and not supported by evidence.
“As we have said countless times, President Trump has been totally exonerated by the release of the Epstein Files,” Leavitt said in response to the publication of the memos.
She further noted that during the administration of former President Joe Biden, the Justice Department did not bring any charges against Trump based on the accusations.
“They knew President Trump did absolutely nothing wrong,” she said.
Although Trump’s name appears numerous times in the broader batch of Epstein documents released by the Justice Department, this does not indicate wrongdoing. The references largely appear in emails, correspondence, and other records connected to Epstein’s social and professional network.
Importantly, individuals who have publicly identified themselves as survivors of Epstein’s crimes have not accused Trump of misconduct.
The larger collection of released documents includes various materials connected to the federal investigation into Epstein and his associates. Among them are summaries of witness interviews, internal communications, and submissions received through the FBI’s national Threat Operations Center tip line.
The tip line allows members of the public to submit information to federal authorities. However, many of the submissions listed in the files appear to consist of unverified claims and tips that were never substantiated.
Several accusations involving Trump, Epstein, and other public figures appear in the documents. In many instances, the allegations are based on anonymous tips or unverified reports, and supporting evidence is not provided.
When the Justice Department released an earlier batch of Epstein files in January, officials cautioned that some of the material included false or sensational claims.
“Some of the documents contain untrue and sensationalist claims against President Trump that were submitted to the FBI right before the 2020 election,” the department said at the time.
Officials added that the claims lacked credibility and had not been supported by evidence during investigative reviews.
“To be clear, the claims are unfounded and false, and if they had any credibility, they would have been used against President Trump already,” the department said.
The publication of the newly released interview summaries came after media reports suggested the documents had been mistakenly left out of the initial public release.
Reports by NPR and The New York Times indicated that internal indexes and serial numbers in the files suggested the FBI had conducted four interviews with the unnamed woman in 2019 as part of the broader investigation into Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell.
Maxwell was convicted in 2021 and later sentenced to prison in 2022 for her role in recruiting and trafficking underage girls for Epstein.
However, only one interview summary initially appeared in the Justice Department’s public archive. The remaining three summaries and related notes — totalling more than 50 pages — were missing until the department later corrected the error and uploaded the documents.
The Epstein files have drawn intense political and public interest in the United States, largely because they reference numerous wealthy and influential figures who were part of Epstein’s social circle.
Epstein and Trump were known to have socialised during the 1990s and early 2000s before reportedly falling out. Trump has previously stated that he ended contact with Epstein several years before Epstein’s first arrest.
The handling of the Epstein records has also become a topic of debate in the US Congress. Earlier this week, a House committee voted to subpoena Attorney General Pam Bondi to testify about how the Justice Department has managed and released the files.
Members of the House Oversight Committee from both the Republican and Democratic parties supported the subpoena, highlighting the bipartisan interest in transparency regarding the documents.
The push for disclosure follows legislation passed by Congress in November requiring the Justice Department to release materials connected to its investigations into Epstein.
Since the law took effect, federal authorities have made millions of pages of documents public, providing new insight into the scope of Epstein’s activities and the extensive network of individuals linked to him.
However, officials have repeatedly cautioned that not every claim contained within the records has been verified, and some information may consist of unsubstantiated tips or allegations that were never proven.
As the document releases continue, analysts say the files may offer additional context about the investigation into Epstein and his associates, though they are unlikely to resolve every question surrounding the case.
For now, the newly released FBI memos represent another fragment of the vast archive tied to one of the most controversial criminal investigations in recent US history.
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