Justice Department Allegedly Hid Trump Allegations From Epstein Files: Report

A bombshell report is accusing the U.S. Department of Justice of removing hundreds of pages of files related to late sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein that mention President Donald Trump, including allegations of sexual misconduct.

A report from NPR, based on a review of serial numbers, internal FBI documents, discovery logs, and the publicly posted Epstein files database, found that more than 50 pages appear to have been catalogued by the DOJ but not publicly released despite a statutory requirement to make the files available.

Among the records reportedly withheld are FBI interview notes with two women whose interviews had references to Trump when he was a private citizen and whom the agency interviewed in connection with Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell investigations.

One account in the internal files reportedly alleges that Epstein introduced a then-13-year-old girl to Trump in 1983 and describes a forced sexual encounter. The initial FBI interview that is part of the public database does not contain such allegations, suggesting the missing pages contained that detail.

Another series of interviews that originally appeared briefly in the online repository and were later removed describes a separate woman meeting Trump at his Mar-a-Lago club during the time she was abused by Epstein, though versions of some of these files have since been restored.

Democrats from the House Oversight Committee corroborated the NPR report, issuing a public statement saying, “For the last few weeks, Oversight Democrats have been investigating the FBI’s handling of allegations from 2019 of sexual assault on a minor made against President Donald Trump by a survivor. Oversight Democrats can confirm that the DOJ appears to have illegally withheld FBI interviews with this survivor. Covering up direct evidence of a potential assault by the President of the United States is the most serious possible crime in this White House cover-up.”

The official rapid response social media account for the DOJ denied the reports, writing that Oversight Democrats should “stop misleading the public while manufacturing outrage from their radical anti-Trump base.” They added that the Justice Department “has repeatedly said publicly AND directly to @NPR prior to deadline – NOTHING has been deleted. If files are temporarily pulled for victim redactions or to redact Personally Identifiable Information, then those documents are promptly restored online and are publicly available. ALL responsive documents have been produced unless a document falls within one of the following categories: duplicates, privileged, or part of an ongoing federal investigation.”

Both the White House and the Justice Department responded to International Business Times’ request for comment by referring to the rapid response statement.

The release of the files was approved in December 2025, when Congress passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which resulted in the release of thousands of documents. Some of the files included references to Trump that the Justice Department described as “untrue and sensationalist.”