Representative Robert Garcia has accused the Department of Justice of unlawfully withholding FBI interview records related to a survivor of Jeffrey Epstein, who also charged President Trump with serious offences.
The Department of Justice “appears to have illegally withheld” FBI interview records with a survivor of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who had also accused President Donald Trump of serious crimes, said Rep. Robert Garcia on Tuesday. His remarks follow reports that FBI interview files involving the accuser were missing from the DOJ’s database, which contains millions of Epstein-related records released after Congress passed a federal law requiring their disclosure.
“For the last few weeks, Oversight Democrats have been investigating the FBI’s handling of allegations from 2019 of sexual assault on a minor made against President Donald Trump by a survivor,” Garcia, D-Calif., said in a statement, according to a report by CNBC.
Garcia, who is the ranking Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, added, “Yesterday, I reviewed unredacted evidence logs at the Department of Justice. Oversight Democrats can confirm that the DOJ appears to have illegally withheld FBI interviews with this survivor who accused President Trump of heinous crimes.”
“Oversight Democrats will open a parallel investigation into this.”
