The United States Department of Justice has released additional FBI records detailing interviews with a woman who alleged that President Donald Trump sexually assaulted her after she was introduced to him by convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The documents, made public on Thursday, were not included in earlier congressionally mandated disclosures relating to Epstein because they had been incorrectly classified as “duplicative,” the Justice Department said.
The newly released files contain summaries of several FBI interviews conducted in 2019 with the woman, who claimed she was assaulted by both Epstein and Trump when she was between the ages of 13 and 15.
According to one interview record, the woman told investigators that Epstein flew her to “either New York or New Jersey” where he introduced her to Trump. She alleged that she bit Trump when he attempted to force her to perform oral sex.
She also told investigators that she and people close to her had received threatening phone calls over the years, urging her to remain silent, which she believed were linked to Epstein.
President Trump has denied any involvement in wrongdoing connected to the allegations. The Justice Department had earlier stated that some of the materials released in connection with the Epstein investigation “contain untrue and sensationalist claims against President Trump.”
Meanwhile, Democrats have criticised the administration’s handling of the Epstein-related records, accusing it of withholding information that could be politically damaging to the president.
On Wednesday, a committee of the United States House of Representatives voted to issue a subpoena to Attorney General Pam Bondi, seeking her testimony regarding the Justice Department’s management of the Epstein files.
