More than 90 documents were not included on the Justice Department’s website, CNN has learned.
Approximately 325 records referencing Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) witness interviews, as listed in evidence provided to attorneys for Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein’s associate, are missing from the website, according to reports. Nearly a quarter of those records are unaccounted for.
Among the missing files are three interview transcripts in which a woman told investigators she was sexually abused multiple times by Epstein, beginning around the age of 13.
The same woman also accused Donald Trump of sexual assault, the report noted.
“We have testimony from a survivor who has made serious allegations against the president. There is a series of documents that appear to contain records of interviews with her, and those FBI protocols are, in fact, missing – we do not have access to them,” said U.S. Representative Robert Garcia.
The Justice Department denies that any documents related to the Epstein case have been deleted.
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“We have not deleted anything and, as we have consistently stated, all relevant documents have been produced. Only duplicative, privileged, or those relating to an ongoing federal investigation have not been posted,” a department spokesperson said.
CNN notes that some documents from the evidence lists could theoretically be posted on the website without the listed numbers, or with serial numbers redacted.
The method of releasing Epstein’s documents has been under scrutiny for some time. Various documents related to the case were removed and then restored to the official website in the weeks following the initial publication.
A CNN analysis last week revealed approximately twelve additional interview protocols were missing from the website, but were accessible as of Tuesday afternoon.
One of the two evidence lists published with the initial release was also temporarily removed from the site. The Justice Department explained it had been “temporarily taken down for redaction of victim data.”
Several Epstein survivors have been meticulously reviewing the department’s website in recent weeks, searching for reports of their FBI interviews. Some say they have found no documents reflecting their testimonies.
“We are all looking for our statements,” said Jess Michaels, who was allegedly assaulted by Epstein when she was 22 years old. “The heavily redacted and missing interview protocols demonstrate that this Justice Department is, in fact, trying to mislead the entire country.”
Federal court judges have reviewed more than 3 million pages of documents from the Epstein case that were made public on the Justice Department website.
302 Forms
Among these documents are hundreds of FBI internal reports, known as “302” forms.
These forms document agent interviews and other material relating to dozens of witnesses. Two evidence lists released by the Justice Department indicate that prosecutors later called some of these individuals to testify during Maxwell’s trial.
Concerns are focused on the missing “302” forms, as they are considered a primary source for understanding how the FBI investigated Epstein and Maxwell.
Typically, these forms record what an interviewee told agents, but do not contain other corroborating evidence or agent assessments.
Details within most of the missing “302” forms, including the identities of those interviewed, are heavily redacted in the evidence lists.
Some of these forms relate to a witness who accused Donald Trump of sexual assault.
The woman first contacted the FBI via an anonymous tip line on July 10, 2019, days after Epstein’s arrest. Agents later interviewed her at her attorney’s office, and the “302” form details what she said at that time.
The witness alleged that Epstein sexually abused her repeatedly at a home in South Carolina where she had responded to a nanny job advertisement.
According to the witness, the abuse began when she was around 13 years old. At one point during the interview, she showed agents a widely circulated photograph of Trump and Epstein that had been sent to her by a friend.
“Her counsel expressed concern about the potential involvement of additional individuals, particularly well-known ones, as the witness feared retaliation,” the form states.
Some redacted documents appear to reveal further details about the allegations. A 2025 FBI presentation states that Trump allegedly forced the woman to perform oral sex and struck her in the head after being introduced to her by Epstein.
The alleged assault may have occurred between 1983 and 1985.
Other documents note that the Trump accuser had ties to South Carolina, leading the investigation in that direction to the region’s FBI field office for further interviews.
We see unclear how the FBI investigation into the woman’s allegations against Trump concluded.
In one FBI agent email exchange from last summer, also included in the document package, it is noted that “one identified victim accused Donald Trump of violence but ultimately declined to cooperate.”
The email does not specify whether the refusing-to-cooperate victim is the same woman who gave statements to FBI agents.
