Recent reports indicate that FBI interview notes concerning a woman who accused Donald Trump of sexual assault have not been publicly disclosed. The woman, who claims to have been trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein at the age of 13, alleged interactions with Trump
FBI notes from an interview with a woman who accused Donald Trump of sexually assaulting her when she was a teenager have not been publicly released, according to a report. The Post and Courier said that around 30 pages of documents linked to the woman’s claims were not included in the wider release of files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The woman, from South Carolina, told the FBI that Epstein had abused and trafficked her when she was about 13 years old. She said he took her to either New York or New Jersey in 1984, where she was introduced to Trump.
According to the report, official FBI summaries of the interviews – known as “302s” – indicated some uncertainty about her travel with Epstein. “He drove her and/or flew her to either New York or New Jersey,” the summary stated. “She was introduced to someone with money, money, money… It was Donald Trump.”
However, handwritten notes taken by FBI agents were described as “slightly less tentative”, suggesting that Epstein both drove and flew her to the locations, which the report said could, if accurate, amount to underage sex trafficking.
The notes also recorded that the woman claimed to have had “two additional interactions” with Trump. When asked about these encounters, she “asked that the interview move on to a different subject for the time being”, the report said.
In summaries of three FBI interviews conducted between August and October 2019, the woman alleged that Epstein took her to a “very tall building with huge rooms”, where she was left alone with Trump. She claimed he ordered others out of the room, unzipped his trousers and forced her head “down to his penis”. She said she then “bit the s–t out of” him, after which he punched her in the head.
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has rejected suggestions that files related to the case were withheld. “There are no missing pages and the Department categorically rejects this media-created myth,” a DOJ spokesperson told the Daily Beast. “This production may include fake or falsely submitted images, documents or videos, as everything that was sent to the FBI by the public was included in the production that is responsive to the Act.”
The White House has also denied the allegations.
“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,” Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said.
