Missing Epstein Interview Files Include Allegations Against the President of the United States
President Trump is referenced in FBI interview summaries listed in the Epstein files index, but three of four summaries connected to a woman’s accusations are not present in the publicly released DOJ.
President Trump is referenced in FBI interview summaries tied to a woman who accused him of sexual assault decades ago, yet three of those summaries are absent from the Justice Department’s public release of its Epstein files. The gap is part of a broader discrepancy involving dozens of witness reports, raising questions about whether the government complied with a transparency law that bars withholding material to shield public figures. In an unrelated case, Mr. Trump was found civilly liable for sexual abuse in 2023, a verdict upheld on appeal.
Three FBI interview summaries tied to a woman who accused President Trump of sexual assault decades ago do not appear in the Justice Department’s public release of its Jeffrey Epstein files, according to document indexes included in the release and analyses by CNN and The New York Times reviewing sequential page numbers in the archive.
“…Donald Trump is in the Epstein files thousands and thousands of times. In those files, there are highly disturbing allegations of Donald Trump raping children, of Donald Trump threatening to kill children.”
— Congressman Ted Lieu (D-CA)
The woman contacted the FBI in July 2019, days after Mr. Epstein’s arrest on federal sex-trafficking charges. She alleged that Mr. Epstein abused her when she was a minor in the 1980s and said he introduced her to Mr. Trump, whom she also accused of sexual assault. Of four FBI interview summaries listed in an index included with the release, only one appears in the public files. Three additional summaries from August and October 2019, along with interview notes referenced in the index, are not posted on the department’s website.
The interview summaries, known as “302” reports, are documents FBI agents prepare after speaking with witnesses and victims. The allegations have not been adjudicated, and the files do not include any FBI assessment of their credibility. The presence of allegations in investigative records does not constitute proof that the conduct occurred, nor does it reflect a determination by investigators that the claims were substantiated. Mr. Trump has denied wrongdoing and has previously said he ended his friendship with Mr. Epstein years before Epstein’s 2008 plea agreement.
