The United States Department of Justice has released three previously undisclosed FBI interview memos containing allegations of sexual assault made against U.S. President Donald Trump in connection with the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
According to reports by CNN, the documents summarise interviews conducted by agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) with a woman who accused Epstein of repeatedly abusing her physically and sexually beginning when she was about 13 years old.
During the interviews, the woman also alleged that Trump sexually assaulted her decades ago.
The interview summaries, known as FBI “302” reports, record what witnesses tell investigators but do not contain agents’ conclusions or independent verification of the claims.
The memos were initially missing from a large digital archive of documents related to the federal investigation into Epstein that the Justice Department released earlier this year. A review by CNN reportedly found that dozens of witness interview records were absent from the database.
Among the missing files were three interview reports detailing conversations with the woman who accused both Epstein and Trump.
Trump has consistently denied any wrongdoing connected to Epstein. Responding to the release of the documents, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt dismissed the allegations as unfounded.
In a statement, Leavitt described the claims contained in the FBI memos as “completely baseless accusations, backed by zero credible evidence.” She also questioned the credibility of the accuser, whose name was redacted in the documents.
According to her, the claims were already known to the administration of Joe Biden but did not lead to any legal action.
“The total baselessness of these accusations is also supported by the obvious fact that Joe Biden’s Department of Justice knew about them for four years and did nothing with them, because they knew President Trump did absolutely nothing wrong,” she said.
The documents show that FBI agents conducted four interviews with the woman in 2019. Only one of those interview summaries had previously been released publicly.
In the July 2019 interview, the woman focused mainly on allegations that Epstein abused her while she was a minor living in South Carolina. She did not accuse Trump during that meeting.
However, three additional interviews conducted in August and October 2019 included new claims.
During one interview, the woman alleged that when she was between 13 and 15 years old, Epstein transported her to either New York or New Jersey, where he introduced her to Trump in a tall building.
She told investigators that Trump allegedly asked others in the room to leave before making inappropriate remarks to her and forcing a sexual act. The woman claimed she resisted and bit him, after which he allegedly struck her and ordered her to be removed from the room.
The accuser also claimed she overheard conversations between Trump and Epstein, alleging that Epstein spoke about blackmailing influential individuals while Trump discussed financial dealings involving casinos.
In another interview, conducted weeks later, the woman told investigators she began receiving threatening phone calls after cooperating with authorities. She also claimed that vehicles had attempted to run her off the road.
During a fourth interview two months later, the woman appeared without legal representation and expressed doubts about continuing with the process.
According to the FBI memo, she questioned whether there was any point in pursuing the allegations, noting that the statute of limitations for possible crimes had likely expired.
Investigators documented that they advised her to take time to decide whether she wished to continue cooperating.
It remains unclear what became of the investigation into the woman’s claims. An internal FBI email later referenced a victim who alleged abuse by Trump but “ultimately refused to cooperate,” though it did not confirm whether it referred to the same individual.
Separately, a lawsuit filed against Epstein’s estate included a victim who claimed she had been abused in South Carolina and later taken to gatherings in New York with wealthy men. The plaintiff, identified as “Jane Doe 4,” did not name Trump in the lawsuit.
Court records show she was later ruled ineligible for compensation under the Epstein Victims’ Compensation Program, which was established to provide financial settlements to victims of Epstein’s abuse. She later withdrew her lawsuit in December 2021.
Officials from the United States Department of Justice have not explained why the memos referencing Trump were initially missing from the document archive, though the department said it is reviewing whether some files were improperly categorised during the publication process.
The Justice Department also confirmed that it is not currently pursuing new criminal investigations involving individuals linked to Epstein unless new evidence emerges.