The U.S. Department of Justice has released previously unavailable documents related to the Jeffrey Epstein case, which contain notes from three separate interviews the FBI conducted with a woman who alleged she was abused by Donald Trump.
According to Sky News, the Justice Department explained that these files had previously been mistakenly labeled as “duplicates” in electronic catalogs, which is why they were not made publicly available.
According to available information, a woman from South Carolina contacted law enforcement after Epstein’s arrest in 2019. She claimed that the assault took place on Hilton Head Island in her home state when she was 13 years old, around 1984. The FBI conducted a series of interviews on four dates in 2019 — July 24, August 7, August 20, and October 16 — and included them in the case file against Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s former girlfriend and convicted accomplice.
Previously, only a summary dated July 24 was available in Epstein’s public documents, which did not mention Trump. Now, records from three other interviews have been made public, in which the woman alleges abuse not only by Epstein, but also by several of his acquaintances, including the current president.
The White House and Trump himself dismiss these allegations as “unfounded and false,” and spokeswoman Karolina Levitt noted the lack of any credible evidence.
The Justice Department warned that the documents may contain unverified or false statements about the president. The files were released in accordance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which Trump signed late last year under pressure from Republicans in Congress. The law allows for the withholding of materials relating to victims, child sexual abuse, or active criminal investigations, but prohibits the withholding of information due to “embarrassment, reputational damage, or political sensitivity.”
The department also noted that some documents contain sensational or false claims, particularly those filed immediately before the 2020 election, and that no official investigations into the current president are currently underway in this case.
