Overview
- NPR reported that more than 50 pages of catalogued FBI interview notes, including three 2019 interviews with a woman who accused President Trump of sexually assaulting her as a minor, are not in the DOJ’s public database.
- MS NOW confirmed the gaps and cited internal FBI materials from 2025 referencing the allegation and an email noting an identified victim who claimed abuse by Trump but declined to cooperate.
- Rep. Robert Garcia said he reviewed unredacted DOJ evidence logs and asserted the department appears to have illegally withheld the interviews, announcing a parallel House Oversight Democratic investigation.
- The DOJ said no responsive files were deleted and that temporarily pulled documents are restored after victim or PII redactions, adding that withheld items fall under duplicates, privilege, or ongoing investigation exceptions.
- Records provided to Ghislaine Maxwell’s defense include multiple interviews with the Trump accuser that are not all public, while the White House says Trump has been exonerated and points to compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act.