The U.S. Department of Justice has released FBI interview summaries describing sexual assault allegations involving President Donald Trump. The documents were posted online Thursday after members of the House Oversight Committee accused the department of withholding Epstein files “related to allegations that President Donald Trump sexually abused a minor.”
The files summarize interviews conducted between August and October 2019 with a woman who alleged that Trump assaulted her in the 1980s, when she was “approximately 13 to 15 years old.” The documents are FBI “302” reports, records agents use to summarize witness interviews during federal investigations.
Trump has denied wrongdoing and has never been charged with a crime connected to Epstein.
Representative Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) posted links to the DOJ documents on her social media. “Read for yourself,” she wrote, adding, “Time to subpoena Trump.”
Sexual Allegations
According to the interview summaries, the woman told investigators that Jeffrey Epstein introduced her to Trump:
[Redacted] recalled at least one incident in which EPSTEIN took her off of the Island when she was between 13 to 15 years old. He drove her and/or flew her to either New York or New Jersey. She was, “introduced to someone with money, money… It was Donald Trump.” [Redacted] and EPSTEIN were with others, to include TRUMP, in a very tall building with huge rooms.
The woman said Trump “did not like” her because she was “a boy-girl” (reference to tomboy).
Despite that, according to the interview notes, Trump asked other people present to leave the room.
The woman then described what she said happened next:
TRUMP mentioned something to the effect of, “Let me teach you how little girls are supposed to be.” TRUMP unzipped his pants and put [Redacted] head, “down to his p**is”. [Redacted], “bit the sh*t out of it.” TRUMP struck [redacted] and said words to the effect of, “get this little b*tch the hell out of here.” [Redacted] advised she bit TRUMP’s p**is because he disgusted her. “He had money, it reeked off of him.” At that point, people reentered the room no further information provided.
Another released document clarifies the alleged violence:
[Redacted] clarified that when she previously said TRUMP struck her after she bit him on the p**is, she provided further details that he, “pulled [her] hair and punched [her] on the side of [her] head.
During another interview, the woman was asked whether she “felt comfortable detailing her contacts with TRUMP.” Per the document:
[Redacted] … asked what the point would be of providing the information at this point in her life when there was a strong possibility nothing could be done about it.
Blackmail and Other Allegations
One section of the FBI interview summaries also records claims that Epstein used blackmail as a tool against powerful figures.
According to one document, the woman told investigators she had heard conversations between Epstein and Trump about the practice:
EPSTEIN talked about blackmailing people in front of [redacted]. [Redacted] was confident TRUMP knew EPSTEIN blackmailed people because she heard EPSTEIN and TRUMP talking about it.
That document also records her claim that Epstein’s activities had deeply affected her family. She described how Epstein blackmailed her mother with her daughter’s compromising images, which, she said, “ruined my family.”
The witness also made several additional allegations during the interview:
[Redacted] stated she knew TRUMP had illegal building permits. She heard him (TRUMP) talking about washing money through casinos.
Contradicting the Trump FBI’s stance that there was no evidence Epstein trafficked girls to anyone but himself, the woman told investigators:
[She] vaguely remembered other girls around and older men, but she did not recognize anyone. Two of the men were “fat and disgusting” and had “Santa stomachs”; however, one man was heavier than the other.
Epstein’s “associates” “partying” with him sexually abused the woman, she said. At least one also abused her physically and verbally, she added.
The interview summaries also note that the woman expressed fear for her safety. She told investigators she believed Epstein’s associates continued to monitor her for years:
[Redacted] asked the [interviewing] Agents to keep her safe stating, “Throughout my life his (EPSTEIN’s) people have found me… have kept tabs on me.”
In one interview, the woman told investigators she had begun working with attorneys. She said she wanted to disclose that fact in case it created a conflict with the federal investigation.
She also reported receiving threatening phone calls. According to the summaries, one message was left on the phone of a co-worker but appeared intended for her. She told agents she believed the calls might be connected to Epstein, but then suggested another possibility.
“If it was not Epstein,” the document says she stated quietly, “maybe it was the ‘other one.’” Agents asked whom she meant; she responded that she was referring to Trump.
White House Rejects the Claims
The White House rejected the allegations shortly after they were posted online.
Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt dismissed the claims as fabricated and attacked the credibility of the unnamed accuser:
These are completely baseless accusations, backed by zero credible evidence, from a sadly disturbed woman who has an extensive criminal history.
Leavitt also argued that the claims lack credibility because the Justice Department possessed the material during the previous administration but took no action:
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.
“As we have said countless times, President Trump has been totally exonerated by the release of the Epstein Files,” she concluded.
Yet her arguments rest on shaky logic.
Shaky Logic
A decision not to prosecute Trump or any other individual tied to Epstein does not equal exoneration. First of all, in decades-old sexual abuse cases, prosecutors face steep evidentiary barriers. Memories fade. Physical evidence disappears. Jurisdiction becomes murky. Even serious allegations may never reach the legal threshold required for criminal charges.
The Justice Department’s own records make no claim that Trump was cleared. The newly released documents are FBI interview summaries. They record what a witness told investigators, but do not establish verified facts. Given the seriousness of the allegations described in the interviews, the FBI would normally be expected to assess whether the claims warranted further investigation. The released files do not clarify whether any such steps were taken.
The White House response also leans heavily on disparaging the accuser, yet the public does not know who she is. That makes claims about her background or credibility impossible to independently assess.
Then, the argument contains a political contradiction. Leavitt often portrays the previous administration as hostile toward Trump. Yet in this case she relies on that same administration’s inaction as proof of his innocence.
The broader Epstein scandal adds another layer of skepticism. Epstein moved comfortably among powerful figures across both political parties. Prosecutors later described a trafficking network that targeted vulnerable girls for years. Yet no prominent associate of Epstein has ever faced criminal charges related to that network.
For many observers, that record reinforces the perception of a two-tier justice system. Ordinary offenders face aggressive prosecution. Political and financial elites often stay untouched, even when the alleged crimes are severe.
Trump in the Files
The documents released so far in the Epstein archive only deepen those concerns. They show the convicted trafficker collaborating and communicating with powerful figures across business, politics, and finance. Among the names appearing repeatedly in those records is Donald Trump.
Representatives Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) and Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) cited those records in a February 25 letter calling for an investigation into Attorney General Pam Bondi’s statement to the House Judiciary Committee that “there is no evidence that Donald Trump has committed a crime.” The lawmakers wrote:
Donald Trump is all over the Epstein files released to date — which is only half of the total number of documents in your possession — referenced over 38,000 times.
They cited several examples from documents released by the Justice Department.
Among them was an FBI record involving a report to the bureau’s National Threat Operations Center. According to the document, an individual who said he worked as a limousine driver contacted the FBI to report a conversation he claimed to have overheard.
He told investigators that Trump “continuously stated the name ‘Jeffrey’ while on the phone, and made references to ‘abusing some girl.’” He also told agents that he met a girl who said she had been raped by Trump and Epstein.
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