Unreleased FBI Memos Detail Unverified Trump Claim

Three FBI memos from 2019 contain explicit but unsubstantiated allegations that President Donald Trump sexually abused a minor with the assistance of Jeffrey Epstein, according to a review by The Guardian. The documents were not included when the Department of Justice began releasing millions of Epstein-related files in December.

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The memos describe four FBI interviews conducted on 24 July, 7 August, 22 August and 16 October 2019 at the Washington state law offices of attorney Barry Brandenburg. The Guardian obtained the missing FBI form 302 reports, which total 25 pages of agents’ notes. Only the first interview, in which Trump was not named, was included in the public release.

An administration official confirmed the three missing reports are authentic. The Department of Justice told NPR that “nothing has been deleted” and said withheld material was duplicative or privileged. The same explanation was given to Breitbart.

In a statement to The Guardian, an administration official said the accusations were listed as duplicative files in the SDNY records and were not legally required to be released under the Epstein Files Transparency Act. The official said the Department of Justice is continuing its review. The department did not immediately respond to a request for further comment.

According to the memos, the woman told agents she was sexually abused by Epstein from about 1983, when she was 13 and living in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. She alleged that when she was between 13 and 15, Epstein took her to a building in New York or New Jersey, where she met Trump and others.

She claimed that when alone with Trump, he attempted to sexually assault her after making a remark about teaching her “how little girls are supposed to be”. She said she bit him and that he struck her and had her removed from the room. She also alleged that she heard Trump discuss blackmail and “washing money through casinos” with Epstein.

The allegations have not been verified. The FBI did not bring charges related to her claims, and parts of her account contradict known details of Epstein’s life in the early 1980s. Trump has consistently denied wrongdoing related to Epstein and said last week, “I did nothing.”

Mark Epstein told The Guardian he had no knowledge of his brother spending summers in Hilton Head in the early 1980s. There is no evidence that Trump and Epstein knew each other in 1983. Trump told New York magazine in 2002 that he had met Epstein 15 years earlier.

The woman also alleged Epstein gave her alcohol, drugs and forced her to perform sexual acts. She claimed Epstein blackmailed her mother with explicit photographs, leading to embezzlement and a prison term in South Carolina. The Guardian said it was unable to corroborate the claimed prison case.

In 2020, a Jane Doe with matching biographical details joined a lawsuit against Epstein’s estate but later dropped her claims. It is not known if a settlement was reached. Her lawyer in that case, Lisa Bloom, declined to comment.

US Representative Robert Garcia said he reviewed unredacted files at the Department of Justice and could not find the reports. House Oversight Committee chair James Comer said lawmakers would examine claims that the allegations were removed from the database.

Garcia wrote to Attorney General Pam Bondi seeking a full explanation for the withheld files. He said the Department of Justice had “illegally withheld” FBI interviews containing serious accusations.

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This is just the tip of the iceberg. They had 1000 FBI agents scrubbing their files to remove mentions of Trump. They didn't quite get rid of all traces for this occurrence and got caught.

The title of this document is wrong. It should read “minors,” plural, not singular. 😡

2 hours ago, ASEAN NOW News said:

She said she bit him and that he struck her and had her removed from the room. She also alleged that she heard Trump discuss blackmail and “washing money through casinos” with Epstein.

Did she change her name to Olga Bitzhizpeckeroff ?

That business about money laundering via the casino is not really news, the procedure for was documented some years ago, his father would loan him $$$ this way. Sounds like Jeffo found some creative use for it.

Well if he doesn’t comply with BB’s orders to attack Iran the information will be released is my guess. He’s in deep poopoo either way.

Troll post removed @wombat

OThe Epstein files mention an allegation against Trump, but it’s important to note this is unsubstantiated!

Trump has denied such claims, and no charges have been filed. The DOJ initially withheld some interview notes for victim redactions, later restoring them.

Bottom line: these are allegations, not proven facts. Whatever your politics, it’s worth remembering that accusations in documents don’t equal evidence in court.

9 minutes ago, Jim Waldron said:

OThe Epstein files mention an allegation against Trump, but it’s important to note this is unsubstantiated!

Trump has denied such claims, and no charges have been filed. The DOJ initially withheld some interview notes for victim redactions, later restoring them.

Bottom line: these are allegations, not proven facts. Whatever your politics, it’s worth remembering that accusations in documents don’t equal evidence in court.

Then release the files all stop 🛑 no more b$ release the effin files and stop firing the investigators.

3 minutes ago, Jim Waldron said:

OThe Epstein files mention an allegation against Trump, but it’s important to note this is unsubstantiated!

Trump has denied such claims, and no charges have been filed. The DOJ initially withheld some interview notes for victim redactions, later restoring them.

Bottom line: these are allegations, not proven facts. Whatever your politics, it’s worth remembering that accusations in documents don’t equal evidence in court.

supposedly from the congressional hearings, there are at least 17 women now who were raped/sexually trafficked with Trump when they were 13 to 15 years old. There were depositions made with the FBI stating all the facts of those assaults yet when the files were released, not one of these was there. When the committee went to the DOJ and reviewed some unredacted files, they came across some and queried where are all those others that the victims claimed to have made with the FBI. This has been reported by the congressional folks that have been looking at the unredacted files. The victims continue to voice their experiences and since there are hundreds of them, I fail to understand how the DOJ and Trump can continue to say that these stories are "unsubstantiated" IMHO anyway, as I do believe all of their stories. I heard from a friend in New Mexico that there is a tremendous amount of digging around the Epstein ranch looking for something buried. I still wonder whether we the public will ever know the whole story. as there are just too many super rich and powerful people supposedly involved IMHO anyway .

Quote from somewhere: "She told me it was a honor to have Mr Trump to pop my cherry".

this is going on till November

Serious allegations in the Guardian, no less, but entirely unsubstantiated to date. Personally I remain highly sceptical as to the validity of these reports.

9 minutes ago, Thingamabob said:

Serious allegations in the Guardian, no less, but entirely unsubstantiated to date.

Easy solution: release the unredacted files.

The three missing interviews needs to stay on point until produced.

3 hours ago, GoodieAfterDark said:

Quote from somewhere: "She told me it was a honor to have Mr Trump to pop my cherry".

Even if she did state that but if it is true and she was a minor (below 18 years of age) then it would still be a crime. I realize that the statute of Limitations has passed but the Dems in the Congress are going to foot a bill to change the law so that the limitation date is of no consequence and the rich and powerful can still be tried in the courts even if the MAGA public don't wish that to happen. Too many victims for folks to say that they believe it is a HOAX as the president claims. Just like the "history" put out by his spouse, as that is checked, some stories just are not true. Seems the USA is behind in the world of public opinion and actions being taken by other countries against the Epstein crew. IMHO all the stories that the victims are telling are true whether they got paid for that activity or not.

Isn't it interesting that the people who removed sensitive info never say a word in public.

5 hours ago, Presnock said:

supposedly from the congressional hearings, there are at least 17 women now who were raped/sexually trafficked with Trump when they were 13 to 15 years old. There were depositions made with the FBI stating all the facts of those assaults yet when the files were released, not one of these was there. When the committee went to the DOJ and reviewed some unredacted files, they came across some and queried where are all those others that the victims claimed to have made with the FBI. This has been reported by the congressional folks that have been looking at the unredacted files. The victims continue to voice their experiences and since there are hundreds of them, I fail to understand how the DOJ and Trump can continue to say that these stories are "unsubstantiated" IMHO anyway, as I do believe all of their stories. I heard from a friend in New Mexico that there is a tremendous amount of digging around the Epstein ranch looking for something buried. I still wonder whether we the public will ever know the whole story. as there are just too many super rich and powerful people supposedly involved IMHO anyway .

When a guilty high-profile politician is backed into a corner his primary tools are always denial, obfuscation, confusion, diversion, interference, deflection, distraction, dismissal, refusal, rebuttal, disavowel, negation, non acceptance, and repudiation.

To those of us who know he is guilty it means absolutely nothing, and it appears to be the actions of a man on the defense who has a lot to hide.

2 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

To those of us who know he is guilty

And you know this how? Please share your evidence on this site.

Just now, Effective altruism said:

And you know this how? Please share your evidence on this site.

We haven't been able to find any evidence, that's the whole point. There are multiple agencies that are working overtime trying to hide absolutely everything on his behalf, if you can't see that this is a major cover-up there's no point in us having a discussion about it, is there?

1 minute ago, Eric Loh said:

Release the Epstein files unredacted if there are no evidence. Trump has a documented history of allegations regarding sexual misconduct and a jury found him liable for sexual abuse. If I am a betting man, I say he is guilty like hell. People like you should get over protecting Trump who live a life of immorality. .

"Trump has a documented history of allegations regarding sexual misconduct..."

What happened due process? Or does that only apply to criminal illegal aliens human trafficking wife-beaters?

The Biden DOJ has the unredacted files for four years and can't find anything on Trump.

The Biden DOJ could not convict Trump

The Biden DOJ could not indict Trump

The Biden DOJ could not even leak files on Trump

Poor lefties, this Epstein nonsense is all they have.

22 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

"Trump has a documented history of allegations regarding sexual misconduct..."

What happened due process? Or does that only apply to criminal illegal aliens human trafficking wife-beaters?

Keep protecting the pedophile mate. If you don't even recognize his immorality with so many instances of own admissions and lewd comment about women and accused by 28 women of various acts of sexual misconduct and with the jury finding him liable for sexual abuse, you defending him blindly. The DOJ can't protect him forever and the day perhaps after mid-term that Trump will get his due process.

29 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

The Biden DOJ has the unredacted files for four years and can't find anything on Trump.

The Biden DOJ could not convict Trump

The Biden DOJ could not indict Trump

The Biden DOJ could not even leak files on Trump

Poor lefties, this Epstein nonsense is all they have.

Biden is not Trump and will not use the DOJ as a personal law enforcement agency. You keep parroting the same old routine. The files are now with the Trump's administration. Release unredacted if Trump is not guilty.

1 minute ago, Red Forever said:

Your obsession with “lefties” is quaint.

Your obsession with Trump is hilarious.

1 minute ago, Red Forever said:

You’ll find, if you trawl through comments, that the Epstein files which are heavily redacted are of concern to citizens across the whole political spectrum.ot

I know the Clintons are pretty concerned, as are any number of other people, but Trump? I think not so much.

1 minute ago, Red Forever said:

Stop being childish in support of your orange hero.

Trump is not my hero, but I do love the way he makes the "left leaning parties" (or what we in the US call leftists for short) howl.

1 minute ago, Red Forever said:

BTW, I’ll descend to your level of childish Ya Boo politics for a paragraph. In UK today in an important election the left leaning parties beat the far right parties by a landslide ratio of 25 to 11. Hope beat hate. Suck it up!

I hope the "left leaning parties" (or what we in the US call leftists for short) beat the pants off the evil fascist right-wingers.

In any event why do you think it is that the Biden DOJ had the unredacted files for four years and can't find anything on Trump.

The Biden DOJ could not convict Trump

The Biden DOJ could not indict Trump

The Biden DOJ could not even leak files on Trump

What say you oh left leaning party member?

9 minutes ago, Eric Loh said:

Keep protecting the pedophile mate. If you don't even recognize his immorality with so many instances of own admissions and lewd comment about women and accused by 28 women of various acts of sexual misconduct and with the jury finding him liable for sexual abuse, you defending him blindly. The DOJ can't protect him forever and the day perhaps after mid-term that Trump will get his due process.

Poor lefty, did you take your blood pressure meds?

I noticed you've quit lying about Trump being convicted of rape, now it's "found liable for sexual assault" of an older woman in a department store dressing room in the middle of the afternoon.

Hey, you forgot 34-time convicted felon.

3 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

Poor lefty, did you take your blood pressure meds?

I noticed you've quit lying about Trump being convicted of rape, now it's "found liable for sexual assault" of an older woman in a department store dressing room in the middle of the afternoon.

Hey, you forgot 34-time convicted felon.

Release the files unredacted snowflake.

51 minutes ago, Eric Loh said:

Release the Epstein files unredacted if there are no evidence. Trump has a documented history of allegations regarding sexual misconduct and a jury found him liable for sexual abuse. If I am a betting man, I say he is guilty like hell. People like you should get over protecting Trump who live a life of immorality. .

the Biden admin had four years to release any incriminating evidence. they threw everything they could at trump with their disgusting lawfare campaign and found nothing. no one is 'protecting' anyone. if he's guilty, or the clintons, or anyone else of the disgusting things being spoken of, then drag them from their beds and publicly hang them. show proof, end of.

1 minute ago, diceman said:

the Biden admin had four years to release any incriminating evidence. they threw everything they could at trump with their disgusting lawfare campaign and found nothing. no one is 'protecting' anyone. if he's guilty, or the clintons, or anyone else of the disgusting things being spoken of, then drag them from their beds and publicly hang them. show proof, end of.

Save your pitiful defence. Release the files unredacted. He is in charge now.

10 minutes ago, Eric Loh said:

Biden is not Trump and will not use the DOJ as a personal law enforcement agency. You keep parroting the same old routine. The files are now with the Trump's administration. Release unredacted if Trump is not guilty.

The Biden DOJ had the unredacted files for four years.

It was an open investigation that the DOJ was obliged to pursue, and they must have scoured every document for evidence.

Had the Biden DOJ come across documents in the files that provided evidence that Trump was involved in illegal activity, they would be derelict in their duties to not pursue it.

The Biden DOJ had to ether 1. be incompetent, 2. be protecting pedophile Trump, or 3. they found no significant evidence against Trump.

Which do you think is the most reasonable?

13 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

Poor lefty, did you take your blood pressure meds?

I noticed you've quit lying about Trump being convicted of rape, now it's "found liable for sexual assault" of an older woman in a department store dressing room in the middle of the afternoon.

Hey, you forgot 34-time convicted felon.

Rape, grabbing 'em by the pussy, digital penetration, c'mon, what's the difference. The guy's a predator. Too bad he's 79. Not much time in prison. It'll look good in his family history: POTUS, died in prison.