1. United States
2. Md.
3. Letter

An NPR investigation has uncovered that the Justice Department is illegally withholding documents from the public Epstein files database, directly violating the Epstein Files Transparency Act. I am writing to demand that you take immediate action to ensure full compliance with this law and hold accountable anyone implicated in these files, regardless of their position. The missing documents include more than 50 pages of FBI interviews with a woman who accused President Trump of sexual abuse when she was approximately 13 years old. According to the files, around 1983, Epstein introduced her to Trump, who subsequently forced her head down to his exposed penis, which she bit. In response, Trump punched her in the head and kicked her out. The FBI interviewed this woman four times between 2019 and 2021, but only the first interview appears in the public database, and that interview does not mention Trump. A second woman detailed in FBI interviews how Epstein took her to Trump's Mar-a-Lago Club when she was around 13 years old and being abused by Epstein. According to the interview report, Epstein told Trump, "This is a good one, huh," and both men chuckled. This interview was removed from the public database after initial publication on January 30 and only republished on February 19. House Oversight Committee ranking member Rep. Robert Garcia has confirmed that the DOJ appears to have illegally withheld these FBI interviews. Democrats on the House Oversight Committee are now opening a parallel investigation into this decision. Attorney General Pam Bondi and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche claimed in a February 14 letter that no records were withheld based on political sensitivity, but the evidence contradicts this assertion. I urge you to support the House Oversight Committee's investigation, demand the immediate release of all documents required under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, and ensure that anyone credibly accused of sexual abuse in these files faces full investigation and accountability. The law must apply equally to everyone, including the president.