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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Adapted by ASEAN Now · Source · 26 Feb 2026
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