The Justice Department has released previously withheld FBI interview files containing an unverified allegation that Donald Trump sexually abused a minor, after anNPR investigationfound dozens of pages were missing from the public Epstein database, despite a law explicitly mandating their release.
The new documents, published on 5 March 2026, include16 pages covering three additional FBI interview summarieswith a woman who alleged she was sexually abused by Jeffrey Epstein and, separately, by Trump, when she was a minor in the early 1980s, allegations that Trump has repeatedly and categorically denied.
The disclosure triggered an immediate bipartisan confrontation on Capitol Hill, withAttorney General Pam Bondi subpoenaedto testify before the House Oversight Committee by a 24-19 vote that included five Republicans breaking with the White House.
The FBI's involvement with the accuser began in July 2019, weeks after Epstein's arrest on federal child sex trafficking charges. The woman, whose identity has not been publicly disclosed, claimed that around 1983, when she was around 13 years old, Epstein introduced her to Trump, 'who subsequently forced her head down to his exposed penis which she subsequently bit.
In response, Trump punched her in the head and kicked her out.' That summary appeared in an internal FBI list of claims and in aJustice Department PowerPoint slide deckcataloguing 'prominent names' in the Epstein and Maxwell investigations, but not, until this week, in the public database.
TheFBI interviewed the woman four times. Agents marked most of the accusations in the broader Epstein files as unverifiable or not credible, though one lead, including hers, was sent to the FBI's Washington office with the purpose of setting up an interview with the accuser. The newly published material goes into further detail. In the newly-published documents, the woman described how Trump allegedly put her head 'down to his penis' and she 'bit the s*** out of it.' She alleged that Trump struck her and said something to the effect of 'get this little b**** the hell out of here.'
During the final interview the woman had with the FBI in 2019, when asked whether she 'felt comfortable detailing her contacts with Trump,' she reportedly 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.' The accuser subsequently broke off contact with investigators. An email sent between FBI agents and included in the files notes that 'one identified victim claimed abuse by Trump but ultimately refused to cooperate,' although it does not specify if it is the same person.
The Justice Department withheld some Epstein files related to allegations that President Trump sexually abused a minor. It also removed some documents from the public database where accusations against Jeffrey Epstein also mention Trump. Some files had not been made public despite a law mandating their release. These included what appeared to be more than 50 pages of FBI interviews, as well as notes from conversations with the accuser.
NPR's reporters cross-referenced unique serial numbers stamped onto documents in the Epstein files database against FBI case records, emails and discovery document logs in the latest tranche published at the end of January 2026.
NPR's investigation previously found 53 pages that appeared to be missing from the public database. Now that 16 pages have been published, there are still 37 pages of records missing from the public database, including notes from the interviews, a law enforcement report and licence records.
Source: International Business Times UK
