Data associated to a girl who accused Donald Trump of sexually assaulting her when she was a minor are reportedly lacking from the FBI information on convicted intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein. A number of stories of omitted paperwork have prompted an investigation by the U.S. Division of Justice.
In response to The New York Instances, the lacking data are FBI memos summarizing interviews that the legislation enforcement company carried out with a girl after Epstein’s arrest in 2019. The unidentified girl claimed Trump and Epstein sexually assaulted her as a minor within the Nineteen Eighties.
The revelation of the accusations got here on account of an index printed within the publicly launched Epstein information, which confirmed that the FBI carried out 4 interviews in reference to the girl’s claims and wrote summaries about each. Nonetheless, solely one of many summaries — about Epstein, not Trump — was launched by the Justice Division. President Trump has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing.
Following public scrutiny, the Division of Justice informed the Instances that it might evaluate the lacking data and would publish any paperwork “discovered to have been improperly tagged within the evaluate course of” which might be legally required to be made public.
By legislation, underneath the bipartisan Epstein Information Transparency Act, which President Trump signed into legislation after political stress, the DOJ should launch all information associated to the legal case of Epstein, who was convicted of kid prostitution in 2008 and confronted fees of kid intercourse trafficking earlier than his suicide dying in 2019. Members of Congress, largely Democrats, have rebuked the Trump administration for slow-walking the complete launch of the information after the legislation’s Dec. 19, 2025, deadline. Regardless of releasing greater than 3 million paperwork in January, the company launched solely 2% of the information.
The DOJ has stated it’s nonetheless reviewing the paperwork and making certain that the required information are redacted. The Justice Division has additionally been criticized for redacting the names of highly effective and rich males and never redacting private particulars about Epstein’s victims.
Democrats within the U.S. Home Committee on Oversight stated they’ve been investigating the FBI’s dealing with of the allegations in opposition to Trump for weeks.
“Oversight Democrats can verify that the DOJ seems to have illegally withheld FBI interviews with this survivor,” stated Oversight Dems. “Protecting up direct proof of a possible assault by the President of the USA is essentially the most critical doable crime on this White Home cowl up.”
U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., a member of the Home Oversight Committee, informed theGrio, “It comes as no shock that the identical establishments which have denied justice for survivors for many years are shielding the abuser who occupies the Oval Workplace.”
She added, “This isn’t what accountability, transparency, or therapeutic for survivors seems like. The DOJ must cease breaking the legal guidelines and launch the complete information—and that features uncovering the names of all perpetrators.”
A spokesperson for the Democratic Nationwide Committee (DNC) stated of the revelation, “Donald Trump continues to lie about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, whereas his administration works extra time to cover the reality about Epstein’s heinous crimes from the American individuals.”
“He and his administration have to be held accountable for shielding pedophiles,” stated DNC Speedy Response Director Kendall Witmer.
