Dozens of FBI witness interview records related to the Jeffrey Epstein investigation seem to be missing from the public “Epstein files” database, including documents related to a woman who accused US President Donald Trump of sexual abuse as a minor.
According to NPR, more than 50 pages of FBI interview notes and related documents were listed in Justice Department records but were not accessible online.
Despite a January release that the Justice Department claims brought it into compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which was passed in late 2025.
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Documents with FBI case files, emails and discovery logs. It said the FBI interviewed the first accuser four times, but only the first interview from July 24, 2019, is now visible in the public database and does not refer to Trump.
NPR found that about 53 pages of interview documents and notes for the first accuser are missing.
The media also reported that other documents made non public concern a second woman who testified in the trial of Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s longtime associate, who is serving a 20 year sentence and seeking clemency.
Some interview files were removed from public access and later reinstated, but at least one interview file labeled as involving the second woman’s mother had not been reinstated.
The Justice Department has stated that any documents that have not been published are privileged, copied or pertain to an ongoing investigation.
It claims that some documents have been removed temporarily in order to redact them further in light of concerns raised by victims or their attorneys.
In a letter to Congress this month, Attorney General Pam Bondi and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche stated that no documents were withheld or redacted because they were embarrassing or politically sensitive.
