😱Epstein files with claims against Trump released by US Justice Department

The U.S. Department of Justice has released additional FBI documents detailing interviews with a woman who accused former President Donald Trump of sexually assaulting her when she was a teenager after she was introduced to him by convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

According to the Justice Department, the documents were not included in earlier congressionally mandated releases of Epstein-related files because they had been mistakenly labeled as “duplicative.” The newly disclosed material surfaced as Democratic lawmakers continue to examine how the Trump administration handled records connected to Epstein.

The files contain summaries of several FBI interviews conducted in 2019 with the woman, who alleged she was abused by both Epstein and Trump when she was between 13 and 15 years old. In one account recorded by investigators, she said Epstein brought her to “either New York or New Jersey” and introduced her to Trump. During the encounter, she claimed Trump attempted to force her to perform oral sex, and she said she bit him in an effort to resist.

The woman also told investigators that she and individuals close to her had received threatening phone calls over the years urging her to remain silent. She said she believed the threats were connected to Epstein and the allegations surrounding him.

FBI records indicate that agents stopped interviewing the woman in 2019. In what appears to be the final documented interview, conducted in October of that year during Trump’s presidency, agents asked whether she would be willing to provide further information about Trump. According to the report, she questioned the purpose of doing so, saying there seemed to be “a strong possibility nothing could be done about it” at that point in her life.

Politico, which first reported on the newly released documents, said White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt dismissed the allegations, calling them “completely baseless accusations” unsupported by credible evidence.

Trump has consistently denied any wrongdoing in connection with Epstein-related allegations. The Justice Department has previously noted that some documents in the Epstein file releases contain claims against Trump that it described as unverified or sensational.

The renewed attention to Epstein-related records had been generating significant political discussion in Washington and online. However, that focus shifted dramatically after the United States and Israel launched military strikes on Iran several days ago.

Republican Representative Thomas Massie, who supported the Epstein Files Transparency Act passed by Congress last year, argued that the military escalation would not erase questions surrounding the documents. “Bombing a country on the other side of the globe won’t make the Epstein files go away,” he said, while also criticizing the war.

Some analysts have suggested the conflict could indirectly shift attention away from domestic controversies. Shaiel Ben-Ephraim, an analyst with Atlas Global Strategies and a former Israeli diplomat, said public interest in the Epstein files appeared to decline once the conflict began. According to him, online searches related to the documents dropped sharply as the war dominated media coverage and congressional attention.