Epstein files: Woman claims Trump sexually assaulted her as minor
The long shadow of the Epstein files continues to hang over the presidency of Donald Trump. The scandalous set of documents linked to the late financier Jeffrey Epstein and his infamous island, containing allegations involving powerful figures across the world. Despite the recurring controversy, Trump has often tried to move past the issue and dismiss the claims tied to the case.Now, the United States department of justice has released additional Federal Bureau of Investigation documents describing interviews with a woman who alleged that Trump sexually assaulted her after she was introduced to him by Epstein.According to the justice department, the documents had not been made public in earlier releases of Epstein-related files because they were mistakenly marked as “duplicative.”The newly released material includes accounts of several FBI interviews conducted with the woman in 2019. In those interviews, she alleged that she was assaulted by both Epstein and Trump when she was between 13 and 15 years old.In one of the interviews, the woman told investigators that Epstein took her to “either New York or New Jersey” and introduced her to Trump. She claimed that she bit Trump when he allegedly tried to force her to perform oral sex on him.The woman also told investigators that she and people close to her had received threatening phone calls over the years demanding that she stay silent. She believed those threats were connected to Epstein.Trump has denied any wrongdoing related to the Epstein allegations. The justice department has also previously said that some of the released documents “contain untrue and sensationalist claims against President Trump.”Meanwhile, Democrats have accused the Trump administration of trying to hide details of the Epstein investigation that could harm the president politically.The controversy has now reached Capitol Hill. On Wednesday, a committee in the United States House of Representatives voted to subpoena Attorney General Pam Bondi to answer questions about how the Justice Department handled the Epstein-related documents.
