The long shadow of the Epstein files still looms over Donald Trump’s presidency. The scandalous collection of documents linked to the late financier Jeffrey Epstein and his notorious island, containing allegations involving powerful figures around the world.
Despite the recurring controversies, Trump has often tried to move past the issue and dismiss allegations associated with the case.Now, the US Department of Justice has released additional FBI documents describing interviews with a woman who claimed Trump sexually assaulted her after Epstein introduced her to him.
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According to the Justice Department, the documents were not made public in previous releases of files related to Epstein because they were mistakenly labeled as “duplicates.”
The newly released materials include accounts of several interviews the FBI conducted with the woman in 2019. In those interviews, she claimed that she was assaulted by both Epstein and Trump when she was between 13 and 15 years old.In one interview, the woman told investigators that Epstein took her “either to New York or New Jersey” and introduced her to Trump. She claimed she bit Trump when he tried to force her to perform oral sex on him.
The woman also told investigators that she and people close to her received threatening phone calls over the years telling her to remain silent. She expressed her belief that these threats were linked to Epstein.Trump has denied any wrongdoing regarding the Epstein allegations. The Justice Department had also previously said that some of the disclosed documents “contain untrue and inflammatory allegations against President Trump.”Meanwhile, Democrats accused the Trump administration of trying to hide details of the investigation into the Epstein case, which could harm the president politically.The controversy has now reached Capitol Hill. On Wednesday, a US House of Representatives committee voted to subpoena Attorney General Pam Bondi to answer questions about how the Justice Department handled documents related to Epstein.