The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday posted three memos previously unreleased and related to allegations against President Donald Trump.
The uncorroborated accusations previously came to light as part of the massive trove of documents related to the investigation of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein that were released by the DOJ on January 30. A Democratic lawmaker raised concerns of “serious allegations” missing from the public release, however, and a CNN investigation discovered three documents related to the allegations had not been publicized.
Newsweek reached out to the White House via email on Thursday night for comment.
Why It Matters
Democratic U.S. Representative Robert Garcia of California last month said he had reviewed the unredacted documents—available to members of Congress—and said some files listed in an official log appeared to be missing, including those relating to a woman who alleged in 2019 that Trump forced her to perform oral sex and struck her in the head after Epstein, the disgraced financier, introduced them.
Trump has always denied any wrongdoing, and the White House has previously called the allegations “false and sensationalist.”
The DOJ released the documents as part of the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which allows the department to redact records in specific instances, including documents that “would jeopardize an active federal investigation or ongoing prosecution” and records that “contain personally identifiable information” about victims that would “constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.”
What To Know
The documents consist of three follow-up interviews with the alleged victim conducted in 2019 after she came forward with her accusations.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt in a statement to CNN on Thursday dismissed the allegations as “completely baseless” and “backed by zero credible evidence,” saying that “Joe Biden’s department of justice knew about them for four years and did nothing with them — because they knew President Trump did absolutely nothing wrong.”
The FBI ultimately conducted four interviews with the woman, but only one memo about the initial interview was previously made available. Now, the remaining documents have been released.
Read the documents in full below.
Interview dated August 22, 2019
Interview dated August 30, 2019
Interview dated October 22, 2019
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