Justice Department says it's reviewing whether any Epstein-related records were mistakenly withheld

"The announcement followed news reports saying that a massive tranche of records released by the Justice Department did not include several summaries of interviews that the FBI conducted with an unidentified woman who came forward after Epstein's 2019 arrest and claimed to have been sexually assaulted by both Trump and Epstein when she was a minor in the 1980s."

"Several individuals and news outlets have recently flagged files related to documents produced to Ghislaine Maxwell in discovery of her criminal case that they claim appear to be missing, the Justice Department said in a post on X. As with all documents that have been flagged by the public, the Department is currently reviewing files within that category of the production."

"News reports from recent days say the accuser was interviewed four times but a summary of only one of those interviews was included in the publicly released files. The missing records were earlier reported by the journalist Roger Sollenberger on Substack and NPR, and have since been documented by other news organizations, including The New York Times, MS Now and CNN."

The Justice Department announced it is reviewing whether documents were improperly withheld from the Jeffrey Epstein files after news organizations reported missing records. Specifically, summaries of FBI interviews with an unidentified woman who accused both Trump and Epstein of sexual assault in the 1980s were not included in the publicly released documents. The woman came forward after Epstein's 2019 arrest and was interviewed four times, but only one interview summary appeared in the released files. The Justice Department stated it is reviewing flagged documents and will publish any improperly withheld materials that are responsive to the federal law mandating the files' release. Trump has consistently denied any wrongdoing related to Epstein.

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