DOJ releases Epstein files containing sexual assault allegations against Trump
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🗓️ 6 March 2026
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| 0:00.0 | The Justice Department released a batch of previously unreleased documents from the Epstein files that include notes from FBI interviews with the woman who says she was assaulted by President Trump as a minor. |
| 0:12.6 | In interviews with the FBI, the woman alleged she was assaulted by Mr. Trump in the 1980s and that she was also a victim of Epstein's. |
| 0:20.6 | The documents were released after multiple news outlets discovered they were missing from the initial mass release of files. |
| 0:27.6 | For more, we're joined now by our Justice correspondent, Ali Rogan. |
| 0:30.6 | So, Ali, tell us more about what's in these documents. |
| 0:33.6 | Jeff, these documents are known as 302 files. |
| 0:36.6 | There are summaries of three interviews the FBI conducted with this accuser in which |
| 0:42.3 | she alleges that Epstein brought her to meet Trump sometime between when she was age |
| 0:48.6 | 13 and 15. |
| 0:50.8 | She details in very graphic terms. |
| 0:53.6 | Trump's alleged sexual assault against her and how she fought back. |
| 0:58.0 | She also says she had two additional interactions with Trump, but before she expanded on that |
| 1:04.6 | any further, she asked if she could go on to another subject. |
| 1:08.4 | During the last interview with the accuser, the FBI asked if she would be comfortable sharing |
| 1:14.3 | more about her contacts with Trump. |
| 1:17.4 | She said at the time that she didn't know what the point would be when there was a strong |
| 1:22.0 | possibility. |
| 1:23.0 | Nothing could be done about it. |
| 1:24.2 | And it's unclear, Jeff, if there was any additional follow-up after that last |
| 1:27.7 | interview. Why weren't these documents initially released? These three summaries are actually |
| 1:33.8 | part of a set of four, and that other document was released as part of that initial major |
| 1:40.1 | tranche we saw in late January. That summary was an interview in which the accuser focused |
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