DOJ Releases Interview With Woman Who Claimed Both Donald Trump and Epstein Sexually Assaulted Her as a Minor

The U.S. Department of Justice released several FBI documents on Thursday that describe interviews with a woman who accused President Donald Trump of sexually assaulting her when she was underage.

Earlier, the Justice Department had not made these documents public when it released more than three million pages of files connected to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Although the president’s name appeared thousands of times in those records, reports from NPR and The Washington Post said that a number of documents were kept back from the public. Some of those withheld records included claims and accusations involving Trump.

On Thursday, the Justice Department finally released notes taken during several interviews conducted in 2019 with a woman who said that both Epstein and Trump sexually assaulted her when she was a teenager.

The documents describe the woman’s account of what she says happened during the 1980s. According to her statements, she was between 13 and 15 years old at the time of the alleged incidents.

The woman’s name has been removed from the documents for privacy reasons. In the interview notes, she claimed that the incident happened after she met Trump along with a group of other people, including Jeffrey Epstein.

According to the FBI notes, she said Trump asked the other people in the room to leave. After they left, she claimed that he made a comment suggesting he wanted to show her how “little girls are supposed to be.”

The woman alleged that Trump then tried to force her to perform oral sex on him. She told investigators that she resisted and bit him in an attempt to stop the assault. According to her account, Trump reacted by hitting her and ordering that she be removed from the room.

In the same interviews, the woman also made other claims about Trump. She alleged that he had illegal building permits and claimed she once overheard him talking about moving money through casinos in order to hide where the money came from. These statements were included in the FBI interview notes as part of her testimony.

However, the FBI has not confirmed or proven the accusations made during these interviews. The claims remain unverified, and Trump has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing related to these allegations.

The Justice Department explained that the documents were released after officials discovered that some records had been incorrectly labeled. During a review of the Epstein-related files, investigators realized that several documents had been mistakenly marked as duplicates and therefore were not included in the earlier public release.

In a statement, the department said that during their detailed review they found that one document, known as an FBI “302 report,” had additional related reports that were mistakenly coded as duplicates. Once this issue was brought to their attention, officials reviewed other documents that had been labeled in the same way.

As a result of that review, the department discovered that 15 documents had been incorrectly categorized and should not have been withheld from the public.

The Justice Department also said that prosecutors in the Southern District of Florida found five prosecution memos that had previously been marked as privileged.

After further review, officials determined that these memos could now be released as part of the ongoing disclosure of records connected to the Epstein investigation.

The release of these documents is part of a wider effort by the government to make more information public about the Epstein case and the many individuals who were connected to him.

Epstein, a wealthy financier, was convicted of sex crimes involving underage girls and died in jail in 2019 while awaiting trial on federal charges.

Over the years, his connections with powerful and well-known figures have drawn intense public interest and scrutiny. Because of this, the files connected to the case have been the subject of many legal battles and demands for transparency.

While the newly released documents include serious accusations, investigators have made it clear that the claims recorded in the FBI interviews have not been proven.

As with many allegations connected to the Epstein case, the records simply document what witnesses told investigators, not verified conclusions about what actually happened.

Trump has consistently rejected the accusations and has said he did nothing wrong. His representatives have also dismissed similar claims in the past, calling them false and politically motivated.

The release of the documents has once again brought attention to the long-running controversy surrounding Epstein’s network of contacts and the many unanswered questions about who may have been involved with him during the years when he was accused of abusing young girls.