The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday released FBI records summarizing interviews with an unidentified woman who accused Donald Trump of sexual misconduct.
FBI agents interviewed the woman four times in 2019 during their investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced financier accused of sex trafficking. Earlier, the department released a log confirming the interviews but shared details from only one meeting, in which she accused Epstein of molesting her as a teenager.
Newly released records show the woman also alleged that Trump tried to force her to perform oral sex. She said Epstein introduced her to Trump in New York or New Jersey in the 1980s, when she was between 13 and 15 years old.
White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt rejected the allegations. She called them “completely baseless accusations backed by zero credible evidence.”
The Justice Department warned that some documents contain “untrue and sensationalist claims” about Trump. Reuters said it could not independently verify the woman’s allegations. FBI records also indicate agents stopped interviewing her in 2019.
In a post on X (formerly Twitter), the department said the newly released files were among 15 documents that officials had mistakenly coded as duplicates and failed to publish earlier.
The release comes as lawmakers scrutinize the Justice Department’s handling of records from the Epstein investigation. Democrats accuse the Trump administration of hiding documents related to Trump. A committee in the U.S. House of Representatives voted to subpoena Pam Bondi, the attorney general, to question her about the disclosures.
Trump has said he ended his association with Epstein in the mid-2000s and knew nothing about the financier’s sexual abuse. Previously released records show Trump flew several times on Epstein’s plane in the 1990s, a claim Trump denies. After Epstein first faced sexual misconduct accusations, Trump called the police chief in Palm Beach and said, “everyone has known he’s been doing this,” according to an FBI interview record.
During the woman’s final interview in October 2019, when Trump was president, agents asked if she would provide more information about him. She questioned the purpose, saying there was a strong chance nothing could be done at this stage of her life.