America unveils court documents detailing claims against Donald Trump linked to Epstein case

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The US Justice Department released additional files Thursday related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, including previously withheld FBI interview summaries containing uncorroborated allegations that President Donald Trump sexually assaulted a minor decades ago.

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The newly published documents include three FBI interview reports from 2019 involving a woman who claimed that Epstein introduced her to Trump in the 1980s when she was between 13 and 15 years old.

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According to the interview summaries — known as FBI 302 reports — the woman alleged that Trump attempted to force her to perform oral sex during an encounter arranged by Epstein.

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She told investigators she bit Trump during the incident and that he struck her before ordering her removed from the room.

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The documents do not indicate whether investigators found her account credible, and Trump has denied wrongdoing.

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Epstein, who died in federal custody in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges involving minors, had long-standing ties to political and business elites.

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His case has remained politically charged, with continuing disputes over the release of investigative records and the extent of his network.

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The files are part of a broader effort mandated by Congress to make public millions of pages of records related to Epstein.

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Justice Department (DoJ) officials said the documents were initially withheld from a massive release of Epstein-related records earlier this year after being mistakenly coded as duplicates during the review process.

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The additional material includes summaries of four FBI interviews conducted with the woman between July and October 2019 — after Epstein’s arrest.

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She alleged that Epstein had sexually abused her multiple times and arranged encounters with other men.

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– ‘White House cover-up’ –

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In a later interview, agents pressed her for more detail about the alleged interaction with Trump, but she declined to elaborate and eventually broke off contact with investigators.

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The DoJ has warned that the Epstein files contain “untrue and sensationalist claims” submitted by members of the public, particularly in the period after the disgraced financier’s arrest.

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“These are completely baseless accusations, backed by zero credible evidence, from a sadly disturbed woman who has an extensive criminal history,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement.

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“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.”

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The new disclosures come amid continued scrutiny of the government’s handling of Epstein records. Critics have accused the DoJ of withholding documents or improperly redacting information during earlier releases.

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Democrats on the House Oversight Committee have opened an inquiry, arguing that key records may have been improperly withheld.

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This week, the committee voted to subpoena Attorney General Pam Bondi to testify about the department’s handling of the Epstein files, in a rare show of bipartisan frustration that included support from several Republicans.

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The panel’s top Democrat, Robert Garcia, noted that the DoJ announced its latest release a day after the Bondi vote.

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“This is after they took down 50k files with no explanation,” he posted on X. “We are going to end this White House cover-up.”

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AFP

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