The Guardian has obtained three missing FBI memos from the Epstein investigation, containing 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, which were not included in the Department of Justice's public release of millions of pages of Epstein-related files in December, detail four interviews conducted by the FBI in 2019.
The woman told agents she was sexually abused by Epstein from the age of 13, beginning around 1983, while living in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. She claimed that when she was between 13 and 15, Epstein took her to a building in New York or New Jersey, where she was introduced to Trump. According to the FBI notes, she alleged Trump attempted to sexually assault her after making a comment about "teaching little girls." She said she bit him, and he struck her and had her removed.
The allegations have not been verified, and the FBI never brought charges related to her claims. The woman's statements contradict known details of Epstein's life in the early 1980s, and Mark Epstein, Jeffrey Epstein's brother, said he had no knowledge of his brother spending summers on Hilton Head at that time. Trump has consistently denied wrongdoing and said last week: "I did nothing."
The existence of the missing documents was first reported by independent journalist Roger Sollenberger and confirmed by NPR, sparking outrage in Washington and an investigation by congressional Democrats. An administration official confirmed the reports are authentic but said they were considered "duplicative files" not legally required to be released under the Epstein Files Transparency Act. The DoJ told NPR that nothing was deleted and any withheld material was either duplicative or privileged.
The Guardian obtained the 25 pages of FBI form 302 reports, which include four interviews conducted in July, August, and October 2019. Only the first session, in which the woman did not name Trump, was included in the public release. The woman also claimed Epstein and Trump discussed blackmailing people and that she overheard Trump talking about "washing money through casinos."
