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Explosive Allegations Against Trump Emerge from Unreleased Epstein Files
Washington D.C. – Three previously undisclosed FBI memos from the Jeffrey Epstein investigation reportedly contain graphic but unverified accusations against former President Donald Trump, alleging sexual abuse of a minor in the 1980s. The Guardian, a British newspaper, broke the story on Thursday, detailing the contents of these documents.
The Guardian’s report surfaced after leading House Democrats accused the White House and the Department of Justice (DOJ) this week of deliberately withholding these documents, suggesting a possible cover-up to shield the former president.
According to The Guardian, the FBI reports, which the newspaper claims to have obtained, comprise 25 pages of notes from four interviews conducted with a witness between July and October 2019. Only the record of the first interview was publicly released by the DOJ in its online repository of Epstein files.
That initial public report states the witness claimed encounters with Epstein occurred between 1983 and 1985 in South Carolina, a location not typically associated with Epstein. These alleged incidents would predate the Florida law enforcement investigation into Epstein’s sexual exploitation of minors by two decades.
The woman reportedly told agents she was approximately 13 years old at the time, hired for what she believed was a babysitting job, only to find no children present. Similar abuse allegedly took place on several subsequent occasions.
Her statement also included claims that Epstein provided her with drugs and alcohol before the assaults, an detail not commonly found in other accounts of Epstein’s abuse. Significantly, the woman did not make any allegations against Trump during this initial interview.
Trump Allegations Surface in Second FBI Interview
The Guardian’s report reveals that it was during the FBI’s second interview with the witness that she first accused Trump of sexually assaulting her. She claimed Epstein introduced her to Trump in either New York or New Jersey, sometime between 1983 and 1985. The newspaper reported that “The three missing documents contain an expanded version of the allegations that were summarized in an internal FBI slideshow about the Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell investigations created in 2025.”
This timing potentially conflicts with a 2002 interview where Trump stated he had known Epstein for 15 years, implying their relationship began closer to the late 1980s.
An unnamed administration official reportedly told The Guardian that the documents containing the “non-credible accusations against President Trump” were marked by reviewers as “duplicative files,” claiming they were not subject to release under the Epstein Files Transparency Act. The official’s statement did not clarify the rationale behind marking these records as duplicates. The DOJ did not immediately respond to ABC News’ request for comment on Thursday night.
The witness also allegedly claimed during her FBI interviews that Epstein possessed explicit photos of her and was using them to blackmail her mother. The third interview reportedly focused on the woman’s claims of threats to her safety. During her final interview in October 2019, the witness arrived without her attorney and declined to elaborate further on her allegations against Trump.
DOJ “Reviewing” Allegations of Withheld Reports
Late Wednesday, the Justice Department stated it was “reviewing” whether some interview reports were “improperly tagged in the review process” and consequently omitted from the public release of the Epstein files. In a statement on X, the DOJ acknowledged that “Several individuals and news outlets have recently flagged files related to documents produced to Ghislaine Maxwell in discovery of her criminal case that they claim appear to be missing.” The department affirmed that if any document is found to have been improperly tagged and is responsive to the Act, it will be published.
California Representative Robert Garcia, the ranking Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, asserted on Monday that he reviewed unredacted evidence at the DOJ and concluded that notes concerning the witness who accused President Trump were withheld. Rep.
Garcia stated on Tuesday, “Oversight Democrats can confirm that the DOJ appears to have illegally withheld FBI interviews with this survivor who accused President Trump of heinous crimes. Oversight Democrats will open a parallel investigation into this.”
Trump has consistently denied all allegations.
An index of witness materials prepared for the trial of Ghislaine Maxwell indicates that FBI agents interviewed the woman identified by Garcia four times in 2019. However, an ABC News search of the DOJ’s public archive of Epstein files found only one report from these meetings. An analysis of the index and public database suggests that three FBI reports (known as 302s) and notes from three interviews, totaling over 50 pages, were withheld.
The initial concerns about these documents were first reported by independent journalist Roger Sollenberger and NPR.
An additional report within the DOJ release indicates that an attorney for the woman initially contacted New York prosecutors to share her allegations and inquire if her photo was among files seized from Epstein’s phone. The report states, “[His/her] clients would like to provide information to the FBI, but they would like to do so anonymously.”
The woman reportedly told investigators that during her fourth or fifth interaction with “Jeff,” two other men were present. The agent’s notes indicate the witness “may know the name of one man, but she did not feel comfortable providing it at this time.”
She claimed the other two men watched while Jeff sexually assaulted her, describing them as older than Jeff, “fat and disgusting,” and possessing southern accents. The agent’s notes conclude that the witness became “very emotional” when asked about the other two men’s participation in the assault and advised she could not continue that day, with a follow-up interview planned.
The FBI’s first interview report did not contain allegations against Trump. However, the president was mentioned when the witness identified Epstein by referencing a widely publicized photo of Trump and Epstein sent to her by a friend in 2019.
The victim told agents she wanted to crop the photo to only identify Epstein. When asked why, her attorney advised she was “concerned about implicating additional individuals, and specifically any that were well known, due to fear of retaliation.”
The agents advised she could crop the image as she felt comfortable. The report states the woman “had met” the other person cropped out of the photograph but provided no further information.
In December 2019, a woman identified as “Jane Doe 4” joined a civil lawsuit against Epstein’s estate, making allegations substantially similar to those in the FBI statement. Court records show she submitted a claim to the Epstein Victims’ Compensation Program but was deemed ineligible.
The EVCP ultimately awarded over $120 million to 150 alleged victims before its closure in 2021. Jane Doe 4 later voluntarily dismissed her lawsuit against the Epstein estate, and it is unclear from court records if she received a settlement.