NPR Exposes 53 Missing Epstein Pages After Trump Named in Underage Assault Allegation
NPR reported Monday that the Justice Department withheld and removed portions of the Epstein files, including missing FBI interview records tied to allegations referencing Donald Trump.
The dispute centers not on redactions, but on whether entire interview memoranda appear in DOJ production logs but are absent from the public database required under the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
According to NPR, a review of consecutive EFTA serial numbers shows more than 50 pages missing in a sequence tied to one witness whose statements appear in DOJ indices. NPR reports that four FBI interviews with the witness occurred in 2019, but only one memorandum — dated July 24, 2019 — is publicly available.
That publicly released memo does not mention Trump.
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On MS NOW’s, legal reporter Lisa Rubin explained that NPR compared production indices to EFTA numbering and identified gaps corresponding to three additional FBI interview memoranda from summer and fall 2019. She said 15 documents are indexed for the witness, but only seven can be found in the public database.
Rubin further said internal FBI correspondence and a 2025 presentation identify the same woman as having accused Trump of sexually assaulting her between ages 13 and 15, though the missing interview memoranda themselves have not been publicly released.
DOJ declined to answer NPR’s questions about the specific missing files and what they contain.
The department has separately stated that its production complies with the law and that certain materials may be withheld under statutory exceptions.
The next question is whether DOJ will provide a file-level explanation for the missing serial-number gaps NPR identified — or whether congressional or judicial review will follow.
For now, the missing pages remain absent from the public record.
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