The US Department of Justice appears to have removed records showing the FBI conducted multiple interviews with a woman who accused Donald Trump of sexually assaulting her when she was between 13 and 15 years old.
Investigative journalistRoger Sollenberger broke the storyon 17 February 2026, and theDaily Beastsubsequently confirmed his findings.
A single FBI interview summary from July 2019 is still accessible on the DOJ's public Epstein database. That is it.
A document that reportedly catalogued at least three additional formal interviews — conducted in August and October of that year — is no longer available at its original web address.
Trump has denied all wrongdoing related to Jeffrey Epstein. He told reporters aboard Air Force One on 17 February that he has been 'exonerated' by the files. 'I have nothing to hide,' he said.
The woman is identified in government files only by case number 3501.045. She told agents she met Epstein as a 13-year-old in South Carolina in 1983 or 1984, after her mother placed an advert for babysitting services; there were no children at the property. She alleged Epstein drugged and abused her over the course of several encounters.
A 21-page internal FBI slideshow presentation — still accessible on the DOJ's Epstein library, for what it's worth — includes the Trump allegation under a slide headed 'Prominent Names.' It states that Epstein allegedly introduced the woman to Trump, who allegedly forced a sexual act upon her. She allegedly resisted. Trump allegedly struck her in the head. The slide notes she would have been 13 to 15 at the time, and places the alleged incident in the early-to-mid 1980s.
That same allegation turned up in a separate internal FBI email chain from July 2025, Sollenberger reported.
Biographical details from the FBI's records match public reporting about a South Carolina woman identified as Jane Doe 4, who sued the Epstein estate and received a settlement in 2021. Her lawsuit — filed through the Lisa Bloom firm — alleged Epstein flew her to New York on several occasions and offered her as 'fresh meat' to 'prominent, wealthy men.'
Whether the DOJ expected anyone to connect those dots is another matter entirely.
Source: International Business Times UK
