The US Department of Justice on Thursday released additional documents from the FBI’s investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Among the newly released documents, the most notable are allegations made by a woman against President Donald Trump.
‘Detained by mistake’
According to the documents, the woman said President Donald Trump sexually assaulted her after Jeffrey Epstein introduced her to him.
The Justice Department has said the allegations against Trump are baseless, adding that the documents were mistakenly withheld during an earlier review after they were flagged as “duplicate.”
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“As we have consistently done, if any member of the public reports concerns about information in the library, the Department would review it, make any corrections and republish it online,” the Justice Department said in a post on X.
Allegations against Trump
In several interviews conducted with the woman by the FBI in 2019, she claimed that she was assaulted by both Epstein and Trump when she was between 13 and 15 years old.
According to AFP, the woman said in one interview that Epstein took her to “either New York or New Jersey” and introduced her to Trump. She told investigators that she bit Trump when he tried to force her to perform oral sex.
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The woman said she and her loved ones had received threatening phone calls over the years demanding she keep quiet from people she believed were related to Epstein.
Trump has denied any wrongdoing
Trump has denied any wrongdoing related to the Epstein allegations, and the Justice Department previously said some of the documents it released “contain false and sensationalized allegations against President Trump.”
Trump and Epstein have been close friends since the late 1980s, and both have been photographed together several times. One of the most controversial documents to come out of the FBI investigation so far has been a birthday note allegedly signed by Trump that was part of a book for Epstein’s 50th birthday.
According to Trump, he and Epstein clashed over several matters, including a Palm Beach mansion they were both interested in.
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According to the White House, Trump kicked Epstein out of Mar-a-Lago in 2007 for being “sneaky” and harassing a member’s daughter.
Democrats have accused the Trump administration of covering up details of the Epstein investigation that could reflect negatively on Trump.
Epstein’s release of the new documents comes days after The Wall Street Journal reported that more than 40,000 previously released files were missing from the DOJ’s website. A Department of Justice spokesman clarified that 47,635 files have been taken offline for further review and are likely to be republished.
Epstein Files Transparency Act
Under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, the Justice Department was required by law to release all records related to Jeffrey Epstein by December 19, 2025.
So far, the Justice Department has released around 3.5 million pages of documents, including more than 2,000 videos and 180,000 images, related to the FBI’s investigation of Epstein and his girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell. According to the Justice Department, there are around 6 million pages of documents related to the Epstein investigation.
Key things
- The Justice Department is required by law to release all records related to the Epstein investigation by December 2025.
- The newly released documents contain serious allegations against Trump, raising questions about the past friendship between him and Epstein.
- Transparency concerns remain about the Justice Department’s handling of Epstein-related documents and the timing of their release.
