Federal officials cited a coding error for the initial omission of FBI interview summaries involving the president.
WASHINGTON, DC — The Justice Department released additional investigative records Thursday from its Jeffrey Epstein archive, including previously withheld FBI interview summaries that contain uncorroborated allegations of sexual assault against President Donald Trump during the 1980s.
The disclosure follows weeks of pressure from news organizations and lawmakers who identified gaps in the initial 3.5 million pages of records released under the Epstein Files Transparency Act. Justice Department officials stated the 15 newly published documents were omitted because they were incorrectly coded as duplicates during an earlier review. The release comes as Attorney General Pam Bondi faces a congressional subpoena from the House Oversight Committee regarding the management of the public database and the removal of tens of thousands of other files for secondary review.
The records include notes from four FBI interviews conducted in 2019 with a woman who claimed Epstein introduced her to Trump in the 1980s when she was between 13 and 15 years old. According to the interview summaries, known as 302 reports, the woman alleged that Trump attempted to force her into a sexual act during an encounter arranged by Epstein in either New York or New Jersey. She told investigators she bit Trump during the struggle and that he struck her before ordering her removed from the room. The Justice Department noted that agents sought more detail from the woman in subsequent meetings, but she eventually declined to answer further questions and broke off contact. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt called the claims “completely baseless accusations, backed by zero credible evidence,” adding that the previous administration’s Justice Department took no action on the claims because they were found to be without merit.
The documents do not include findings from the FBI regarding the credibility of the woman’s account, nor do they provide physical evidence to support the claims. In a statement posted to social media on Thursday, the Justice Department maintained that the public library contains millions of pages of raw investigative material, including “untrue and sensationalist claims” that were submitted to federal agents after Epstein’s 2019 arrest. Officials defended the handling of the archive, explaining that the volume of material—spanning 20 years of investigations—required a massive review process involving 500 attorneys. They stated that inconsistencies in redactions and coding were inevitable given the speed of the court-mandated release. However, Democratic lawmakers have characterized the initial omission of these specific documents as a “cover-up” intended to protect the president from politically damaging allegations during his current term.
Historical records show Trump and Epstein were acquaintances in the late 1980s and early 1990s, appearing in several photographs together at social events in New York and Florida. Trump has stated they had a falling out in the mid-2000s over a real estate dispute in Palm Beach. Previous document dumps included a “birthday book” for Epstein’s 50th birthday that featured a message from Trump, as well as testimony regarding Epstein’s social network. The latest files also contain five prosecution memos from federal officials in South Florida that were previously marked as privileged. These memos provide insight into the 2007 non-prosecution agreement that allowed Epstein to avoid federal charges in exchange for a plea to state-level solicitation charges, a deal overseen by former U.S. Attorney Alexander Acosta.
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee escalated its investigation into the document releases this week by voting to subpoena Attorney General Pam Bondi. Representative Robert Garcia and other committee members have demanded a full accounting of why nearly 48,000 files were recently taken offline and why the Trump allegations were not part of the initial December 2025 rollout. The committee is also investigating reports that the Justice Department may have monitored the search history of congressional staffers who accessed unredacted versions of the files. Bondi is expected to testify later this month regarding the department’s compliance with the Transparency Act and the criteria used to determine which documents remain withheld under legal privilege or victim-protection rules.
Witnesses and legal experts noted that while the library is the most extensive public record of the Epstein investigation to date, the raw nature of the files means many allegations remain unverified. Scrutiny of the database has identified other high-profile figures in the materials, including former President Bill Clinton and Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, both of whom have denied any criminal wrongdoing. The release of the 302 reports adds to a series of legal and political challenges for the administration as it continues to manage the fallout from the Epstein investigation records. Investigators and journalists continue to cross-reference the newly released memos with existing flight logs and business records to determine if any further corroboration exists for the various claims made in the FBI interviews.
The Justice Department stated it will continue to update the online library as reviews of the remaining 2.5 million pages of internal records are completed. Attorney General Bondi is scheduled to appear before the House Oversight Committee on March 24 to address the missing files.
Author note: Last updated March 8, 2026.