The Department of Justice has not released summaries and notes from three separate FBI interviews with a South Carolina woman who alleged she was a sexual assault victim of Jeffrey Epstein. A source familiar with the investigation also says she made sexual abuse allegations against President Donald Trump, as reported by NBC News.
Even more concerning, these files are not included in the unredacted collection available for members of Congress to view at the Justice Department, according to Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee. This woman came forward to federal law enforcement shortly after Epstein’s arrest in 2019. She provided a lengthy description of how Epstein assaulted her on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, when she was 13 years old in or around 1984.
The FBI found her initial allegations significant enough that they followed up with her for additional interviews on four separate dates: July 24, 2019, August 7, 2019, August 20, 2019, and October 16, 2019. These interviews were listed as part of an evidence catalog in the case against convicted Epstein co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell.
It’s currently unclear whether these specific allegations against President Trump were discussed in the three other interviews that the Justice Department hasn’t released
However, only the FBI’s summary of the interview from July 24, 2019, is included in the Epstein files released by DOJ. That interview details repeated sexual abuse by Epstein, but it doesn’t mention any allegations against President Trump. A source familiar with the investigation confirmed that this same Epstein survivor from Hilton Head Island is the person who made an additional allegation. She claimed she was forced into a sex act with President Trump when she was 13 years old in New Jersey.
The alleged assault by President Trump was referenced in an August 2025 document prepared by the FBI’s Child Exploitation & Human Trafficking Task Force. This document summarized claims reported to the National Threat Operations Center where President Trump was mentioned. Most of these claims were either deemed not credible or came from people who provided no contact information. The alleged assault is also separately referenced in an FBI presentation summarizing the entire Epstein case.
When asked for comment, the White House referred to a statement the Justice Department issued last month when the Epstein files were initially released. That statement claimed, “This production may include fake or falsely submitted images, documents or videos, as everything that was sent to the FBI by the public was included in the production that is responsive to the Act.”
“Some of the documents contain untrue and sensationalist claims against President Trump that were submitted to the FBI right before the 2020 election. To be clear, the claims are unfounded and false, and if they have a shred of credibility, they certainly would have been weaponized against President Trump already,” it reads.
On Wednesday, a Justice Department spokesperson provided another statement regarding the missing documents. They said, “As we have always said, all documents responsive were produced, those not fall within one of the following categories: duplicates, privileged, part of an ongoing federal investigation.” This explanation just doesn’t sit right when a Congressman can’t find them.
Published: Feb 26, 2026 12:30 pm