According to US media reports from CNN, among the substantial files related to the Epstein case recently made public by the US Department of Justice, dozens of FBI witness interview records are suspected to be missing, including three interviews with a woman who accused US President Trump of sexual assault.
The report states that the evidence catalog provided to Epstein's associate, Ghislaine Maxwell's attorney, listed approximately 325 numbered FBI witness interview records, but CNN's review found that over 90 of these records appeared to be absent from the Justice Department's website. Among the missing records are three interviews related to a woman who told the FBI that Epstein had abused her multiple times, starting when she was about 13 years old, while also accusing Trump of sexually assaulting her.
Member Ranking Member of the Committeeon Oversight and Government Reform Robert Garcia stated, "We have a survivor who has made serious accusations against the president (Trump). However, several documents appear to be interviews conducted by the FBI with this survivor that are actually missing, and we cannot obtain them."
Trump has consistently denied any wrongdoing related to Epstein. The White House issued a statement calling the accusations against Trump "false and sensational," noting that a previous statement from the Justice Department said "some documents include false and sensational accusations against President Trump."
A spokesperson for the US Department of Justice denied that any Epstein records had been deleted and emphasized that the department is acting in accordance with the law, stating, "We have not deleted anything. As we have always stated, all relevant documents have been made public." Documents not included in the public files belong to "duplicates, copies, protected materials, or ongoing federal investigations." However, the Justice Department did not respond to inquiries about specific documents.
Reports indicate that since their initial release, multiple documents have been taken down and re-uploaded from the Justice Department's Epstein archive website. Last week, media analysis discovered that about a dozen additional interview reports were briefly missing, but as of February 24 in the afternoon, these documents have been restored. One evidence catalog was also temporarily taken down, but is now accessible again. The Justice Department spokesperson stated this was a "temporary removal for victim redaction."
Several Epstein victims have reported that in recent weeks, when they searched the Justice Department's website for records of their FBI interviews, they found nothing. At least one Epstein victim has filed a complaint in court, alleging that the Justice Department did not provide comprehensive transparency and accountability when releasing public records.
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