Previously withheld documents from the United States Department of Justice linked to the investigation of financier Jeffrey Epstein have been released, including FBI interview summaries containing unsubstantiated sexual assault allegations involving U.S. President Donald Trump.
The documents emerged after media reports suggested several files connected to the investigation were missing from the department’s public database, prompting accusations from Democrats that material had been withheld.
Justice Department officials said the omission was the result of a technical mistake during the review process. According to the department, the documents had been “incorrectly coded as duplicative,” which meant they were inadvertently excluded when earlier batches of Epstein-related material were released.
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Interview summaries detail claims
The newly released material includes three FBI memoranda summarising interviews conducted in 2019 with a woman who made allegations involving both Trump and Epstein.
According to the interview summaries, the woman told investigators she had been introduced to Trump by Epstein during the 1980s when she was a teenager. She alleged that both men sexually assaulted her when she was between 13 and 15 years old.
The documents make clear that the claims were not corroborated. Investigators recorded the allegations as part of their inquiries but there is no indication they were substantiated or that further investigative steps were taken.
The files indicate that the Federal Bureau of Investigation did not maintain further contact with the woman after the interviews.
It also remains unclear whether Trump and Epstein were in contact during the specific period in which the alleged incidents were said to have occurred.
White House rejects allegations
The White House dismissed the claims after the documents were made public.
Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said the allegations were “completely baseless” and unsupported by credible evidence.
“As we have said countless times, President Trump has been totally exonerated by the release of the Epstein Files,” she said in a statement.
Leavitt also argued that the previous administration under Joe Biden did not bring charges because investigators determined there was no wrongdoing.
Trump has consistently denied any misconduct connected to Epstein. He has not been accused of crimes by individuals who have publicly identified themselves as survivors of Epstein’s abuse network.
Thousands of references in documents
The broader collection of Epstein records released by the Justice Department includes thousands of references to Trump in emails, correspondence and other documents.
However, most references appear in routine communications involving Epstein and his associates rather than formal accusations.
The files also contain lists of allegations submitted to the FBI’s national Threat Operations Center tip line. These tips include claims involving Epstein, Trump and other prominent figures, but many appear to be unverified reports from callers and often lack supporting evidence.
Justice Department officials previously acknowledged that some submissions contained sensational or inaccurate claims.
Following an earlier document release in January, the department said some tips referencing Trump had been submitted shortly before the 2020 election and were considered unfounded.
Questions raised over missing files
The newly disclosed memos surfaced after reporting by U.S. media organisations, including NPR and The New York Times, suggested the interview summaries had been omitted from earlier releases.
Indexes and serial numbers within the released archive indicated that the FBI had conducted four interviews with the same woman in 2019 during its investigation of Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell.
Maxwell was convicted in 2021 and sentenced the following year for sex trafficking offences connected to Epstein’s abuse operation.
But three interview summaries and related notes — amounting to more than 50 pages — were not initially available in the Justice Department’s online database, prompting questions about whether material had been withheld.
Congressional scrutiny intensifies
The handling of the files has also drawn attention on Capitol Hill.
A congressional committee recently voted to subpoena Pam Bondi, the U.S. attorney general, to answer questions about the Justice Department’s management of the Epstein document releases.
Members of the United States House Committee on Oversight and Accountability from both parties supported the subpoena request. Lawmakers approved legislation in November requiring the department to release records linked to its investigations into Epstein. Since then, millions of pages of documents have been made public.
Longstanding but complicated relationship
Epstein and Trump were known to have socialised for several years in the 1990s and early 2000s.
Trump has previously said the relationship ended after a dispute in the early 2000s, several years before Epstein’s first arrest in 2006 on charges related to underage prostitution.
The latest documents do not change the legal status of the allegations, but they have renewed political debate over the handling of the Epstein archive and the process used to review and release its contents.
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Adapted by ASEAN Now · Source · 06.03 2026