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   The Pedophile POTUS.   
      
   Under-fire Justice Department says it is 'reviewing' after missing   
   incriminating Trump pages are discovered in Epstein files release   
      
   House Oversight Committee investigating whether FBI 'illegally' withheld   
   interviews.   
      
   Alex Woodward in New York   
   Thursday 26 February 2026 19:05 GMT   
      
      
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   The Department of Justice said Thursday it is "currently reviewing"   
   documents that appear to be missing from its public release of the Jeffrey   
   Epstein files that detail unverified allegations against President Donald   
   Trump. The DOJ comment comes days after investigative reporting first   
   revealed the omission.   
      
   The Justice Department has released millions of files under the Epstein   
   Files Transparency Act, including thousands of emails, court documents,   
   photos and videos, many of which include images or references to high-   
   profile figures, including the president.   
      
   But the materials that were made public appear to have omitted FBI memos   
   summarizing interviews agents conducted over unverified claims made by a   
   woman who came forward after Epstein's arrest in 2019, who alleged,   
   according to the files released by the DOJ, that she was sexually assaulted   
   by both Epstein and Trump decades earlier, when she was a minor.   
      
   NPR first reported on the missing files Feb. 24, following reporting from   
   independent journalist Roger Sollenberger a week earlier. A review by The   
   Independent of the Epstein files confirmed that those memos do not appear.   
      
   The White House directed The Independent's additional requests for comment   
   to statements from the Justice Department. Trump has not been accused of   
   criminal wrongdoing, and one's appearance in the files does not suggest   
   otherwise. In a statement on Tuesday, White House spokeswoman Abigail   
   Jackson said Trump has been "totally exonerated on anything relating to   
   Epstein. "   
   The Department of Justice is 'currently reviewing' allegedly missing   
   materials from three FBI interviews with a woman claims she was sexually   
   abused by Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump   
   The Department of Justice is 'currently reviewing' allegedly missing   
   materials from three FBI interviews with a woman claims she was sexually   
   abused by Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump (House Oversight Committee)   
      
   The president has repeatedly denied wrongdoing and insists he cut ties with   
   Epstein years before the wealthy pedophile — who ultimately committed   
   suicide in a New York City jail cell while awaiting trial on sex   
   trafficking charges — was under investigation. He has characterized efforts   
   to release the full files as a "hoax" perpetuated by Democratic officials   
   to distract from his agenda, and Trump has sued The Wall Street Journal   
   over the publication of an alleged letter to Epstein, a story he labelled   
   "false, malicious and defamatory. "   
      
   Rep. Robert Garcia, the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, said   
   the committee has now opened a parallel investigation into the issue of the   
   missing files. The existence of the memos was previously revealed in an   
   index that listed the investigative materials related to the woman's   
   account.   
      
   FBI agents performed four interviews in connection with her claim and wrote   
   summaries from each meeting, according to the index. One summary describing   
   her accusations against Epstein was released by the Justice Department but   
   three other summaries appear to be missing.   
      
   In its analysis, NPR reviewed serial numbers that appear before and after   
   the pages in question and which have been stamped on documents in the   
   Justice Department's Epstein files database, FBI case records, emails and   
   discovery document logs that were published in the latest batch of files   
   last month. The investigation found dozens of pages catalogued by the   
   Justice Department but not shared publicly, NPR reported and a subsequent   
   analysis by The Independent verified.   
      
   Following the woman's initial claim against Epstein and Trump in 2019, the   
   FBI followed up with interviews on four separate dates that year, according   
   to a previously released evidence catalog in the case against Epstein's   
   associate Ghislaine Maxwell.   
      
   Only the FBI's summary of one of those interviews is included in the files.   
   It is one that does not mention the allegations against Trump.   
      
   After viewing un-redacted evidence logs on Monday, Garcia, in a statement,   
   claimed the FBI "illegally withheld" those interviews.   
      
   It is unclear what those documents contain and why they are missing from   
   the files. In a statement on Tuesday, the Justice Department said nothing   
   has been erased and the documents could have been withheld because of "an   
   ongoing federal investigation. "   
      
   "If files are temporarily pulled for victim redactions or to redact   
   Personally Identifiable Information, then those documents are promptly   
   restored online and are publicly available, " the Justice Department noted.   
      
   Following The Independent's request for comment, a Justice Department   
   spokeswoman sent a pair of social media posts further explaining the review   
   process after news outlets flagged files "they claim appear to be missing.   
   "   
      
   "As the Department of Justice has consistently said and has done since the   
   January 30, 2026 publication of the Epstein files, if any member of the   
   public, including victims, reported concerns with information in the pages,   
   the Department would review, make any corrections, and republish online, "   
   the agency said.   
      
   "As with all documents that have been flagged by the public, the Department   
   is currently reviewing files within that category of the production, " the   
   statement continued. "Should any document be found to have been improperly   
   tagged in the review process and is responsive to the Act, the Department   
   will of course publish it, consistent with the law.   
      
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