Trump accuser's FBI statements made public

Woman claims she was 13-15 years old when she was assaulted

The Justice Department on Thursday released three additional interviews the FBI conducted in 2019 with a woman who claims that Donald Trump sexually and physically assaulted her in the 1980s when she was 13-15 years old.

The woman said she was introduced to Trump by Epstein, and that he and other men sexually abused her as a minor, according to the report, which was published by the DOJ online Thursday night.

Questions had been raised since last week about the woman’s statements to the FBI. Her first interview was released by the DOJ in January, but three subsequent interviews were missing from the files. Independent journalist Roger Sollenberger and NPR first reported the discrepancy, which the DOJ now says was the result of “duplicates” that were being culled from the files.

The Miami Herald published a story on its website Thursday night detailing the reports, which the White House called “baseless.”

They also reiterated that the files “exonerate” the President, even though it’s not fully clear whether the FBI vetted the woman’s story. NPR was reporting that key portions of the DOJ’s file on the accuser are still missing, including the agents’ notes and law enforcement reports.

The White House, however, indicated that it had found the woman’s claims to be false. In a statement, Trump administration officials called the alleged victim “a sadly disturbed woman who has an extensive criminal history.”

But the Herald, which is not identifying the woman, found only a few theft charges that appear to have been dismissed.

She told FBI agents that she and her mother had been harassed, intimidated and threatened multiple times over the years by unidentified callers who warned her to keep her mouth shut. She was also run off the road twice by vehicles, one of the reports said.