The Guardian has obtained three missing FBI memos detailing explicit but unsubstantiated claims that Donald Trump sexually abused a woman when she was a minor in the early 1980s with the help of Jeffrey Epstein. The documents were not included in the millions of pages of Epstein-related files released by the Department of Justice (DoJ) in December.
The memos, which record four interviews conducted by the FBI in 2019, describe how the woman came forward after recognising Epstein in a photo. She told agents that Epstein sexually abused her from the age of 13, beginning in approximately 1983, and that on one occasion she was taken to a building in New York or New Jersey where she met Trump. She claimed Trump attempted to sexually assault her after making a remark about teaching her how 'little girls are supposed to be', and that she bit him, prompting him to strike her and have her removed.
The allegations have not been verified, and the FBI never brought charges related to them. The woman's statements also contradict what is known about Epstein's life during that period. Mark Epstein, Jeffrey Epstein's brother, said he had no knowledge of his brother spending summers in Hilton Head, South Carolina, where the alleged abuse began, and there is no evidence that Trump and Epstein knew each other in 1983. Trump has consistently denied wrongdoing and said last week: 'I did nothing.'
The DoJ told NPR that nothing had been deleted and that any withheld material was either duplicative or privileged. An administration official confirmed the authenticity of the three missing reports, adding that the allegations were non-credible and that the Doj is continuing its review of duplicative files.
