FBI notes from an interview with a woman who accused Donald Trump of sexually assaulting her when she was a teenager have not been publicly released, a report claims.
A South Carolina woman told the FBI that she was abused and trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein, and that he brought her to New York or New Jersey, where she was introduced to Trump in 1984. She was about 13 years old at the time.
The Post and Courier, which previously reported that about 30 pages of documents relevant to her claims have not been released as part of the millions of Epstein files, has now revealed that some details in the FBI notes did not appear in official summaries, known as 302s.
For instance, in the 302s, the woman showed some uncertainty about traveling with Epstein.
“He drove her and/or flew her to either New York or New Jersey,” the report said. “She was introduced to someone with money, money, money… It was Donald Trump.”
The report said the woman had “two additional interactions” with Trump, but that when agents tried asking her questions about them, she “asked that the interview move on to a different subject for the time being.”
The Post and Courier describes the FBI’s handwritten notes as “slightly less tentative about her travel with Epstein, which—if true—could constitute underage sex trafficking.“
For instance, they allege that Epstein both “drove her and flew her” to New York and New Jersey, and that he introduced her to Trump. The woman overheard them talking about business matters, including a casino, according to the notes.
The woman said that “Trump did not like her from the get-go,” and then described Trump’s alleged assault. The notetaker also wrote down that the woman claimed to have had “two more interactions” with Trump.
In March, the Department of Justice released summaries of three FBI interviews with the woman, conducted between August and October 2019.
The woman alleged that Epstein took her to a “very tall building with huge rooms.” Trump, she said, ordered everyone else out of the room, unzipped his pants, and pushed her head “down to his penis.” She then “bit the s--t out of” Trump’s penis, she said, after which he punched her in the head.
The Daily Beast has contacted the Justice Department for comment.
Earlier this week, a DOJ spokesperson rejected the notion of withheld files.
“There are no missing pages and the Department categorically rejects this media-created myth,” a DOJ spokesperson told the Daily Beast. “This production may include fake or falsely submitted images, documents or videos, as everything that was sent to the FBI by the public was included in the production that is responsive to the Act.”
The White House has also denied the woman’s story.
“The total baselessness of these accusations is also supported by the obvious fact that Joe Biden’s Department of Justice knew about them for four years and did nothing with them—because they knew President Trump did absolutely nothing wrong,” Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told the Daily Beast.
“As we have said countless times, President Trump has been totally exonerated by the release of the Epstein Files.”
