Lawyers Claim FBI Interviews of Woman Accusing Trump of R*ping Her When She Was 15 Are Missing From the Epstein Files

The Justice Department has allegedly withheld more than 50 pages of FBI interview records connected to a woman who claims President Donald Trump sexually abused her when she was a minor; documents that were legally required to be made public under a law Trump himself signed.

An NPR investigation published on 24 February 2026 found that the Department of Justice's public database of Epstein files is missing 53 pages of FBI interview records and accompanying notes related to a woman who, according to documents contained within the released files, alleged that convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein introduced her to Trump circa 1983, when she was approximately 13 to 15 years old, and that Trump subsequently sexually assaulted her.

The discrepancy was first identified by independent journalist Roger Sollenberger and subsequently confirmed by NPR through a cross-reference of three separate sets of serial numbers stamped across Epstein file documents, FBI case records, and Ghislaine Maxwell trial discovery logs.

What the Released Files Actually Say

The released Epstein files, more than three million pages published by the Justice Department following the passage of the bipartisan Epstein Files Transparency Act, contain two separate documents that reference the allegations against Trump.

The first is an internal FBI list of tips collected through the bureau's National Threat Operations Centre, compiled in late July 2025. The second is a PowerPoint slideshow produced by the Justice Department detailing 'prominent names' in the Epstein and Maxwell investigations.

Under the heading 'Prominent Names,' the slideshow records the allegation from the first woman, noting that the victimisation 'occurred in the 1980's when the caller was approximately 13 to 15 years old.'

The FBI agents who reviewed the tip marked many entries in the broader list as unverifiable or not credible. This particular lead, however, was sent to the FBI's Washington office specifically to arrange a follow-up interview. Crucially, unlike a separate entry concerning former President Bill Clinton, attributed to someone 'not a victim,' this allegation is attributed to the victim herself, indicating the FBI had spoken with her directly.

A July 2019 FBI interview document, known as a '302 form' and bearing case reference number 3501.045, also confirms that the FBI's Seattle field office conducted an interview with a woman whose biographical details, her approximate age, South Carolina origins, and later relocation to the Pacific Northwest, align with public reporting about a victim who filed a civil lawsuit against Epstein's estate.

According to NPR's review, that woman, identified in court filings as 'Jane Doe 4,' filed her lawsuit in December 2019 but did not name Trump in it. She voluntarily dismissed her claims against Epstein's estate in December 2021. Her attorneys declined to comment.

An internal FBI email dated 22 July 2025, written before the list and slideshow were compiled, noted separately that Trump's name appeared in the larger case file and that 'one identified victim claimed abuse by Trump but ultimately refused to cooperate.' NPR was unable to confirm whether this refers to the same woman.

The Second Accuser — and Records Removed From the DOJ Database

A second woman also features in the missing files controversy. She testified under oath at the criminal trial of Ghislaine Maxwell, who is serving a 20-year prison sentence for sex trafficking.

According to Maxwell's Testifying Witness 3500 Material released under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, the FBI conducted six interviews with her between September 2019 and September 2021. In the first of those interviews, she described how she was around 13 years old when Epstein first abused her, and how Epstein later took her to Trump's Mar-a-Lago club to meet him.

The interview document records Epstein allegedly telling Trump: 'This is a good one, huh.' In a 2020 civil lawsuit against Epstein's estate and Maxwell, this same woman stated that both men chuckled at that remark and that she 'felt uncomfortable, but, at the time, was too young to understand why.'

That interview was removed from the DOJ's public database at some point after its initial publication on 30 January 2026 and was restored on 19 February, according to document metadata reviewed by NPR. A second interview with her mother, which noted that the mother recalled hearing 'a prince and DONALD TRUMP visited EPSTEIN's house,' remains offline as of the time of publication. The Justice Department told NPR it requires additional redactions before it can be reposted.

Robert Glassman, the attorney who represents the second woman, told NPR he was sharply critical of how the DOJ had handled the entire release. 'This whole thing is ridiculous,' he said.

Congress Demands Answers as the DOJ Stays Tight-Lipped

Following NPR's investigation, House Oversight Committee ranking member Representative Robert Garcia (Democrat, California) sent a formal letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi on 25 February demanding an explanation for the missing records.

Garcia said he had personally reviewed unredacted evidence logs at the Justice Department the day before. 'Oversight Democrats can confirm that the DOJ appears to have illegally withheld FBI interviews with this survivor who accused President Trump of heinous crimes,' he wrote.

In his letter, Garcia cited the DOJ's own justification for the omissions, that the withheld documents are 'duplicates, privileged, or part of an ongoing federal investigation,' and pressed Bondi to confirm whether the latter category applied, and if so, whether Trump is currently under investigation for the alleged sexual assault.

The law that was supposed to guarantee full transparency was signed by the man whose name is now at the centre of the records that are missing.