White House Fires Back at Claim DOJ Withheld Epstein Files That Include Interviews with Trump Accuser

A new report accused the Department of Justice of withholding a portion of the Epstein files that included allegations about Donald Trump and alleged interviews with an accuser. Now the White House is firing back.

On Tuesday (February 24), NPR published a report that suggested the DOJ had “withheld some Epstein files related to allegations that President Trump sexually abused a minor.”

Per the report, some of the alleged missing documents include “more than 50 pages of FBI interviews, as well as notes from conversations” with the president’s alleged accuser.

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NPR also noted that their investigation of the released files “found dozens of pages that appear to be catalogued by the Justice Department but not shared publicly.”

“Some of those documents were briefly taken down and put back online last week, while others remain hidden, according to NPR’s comparison of the initial dataset from Jan. 30 with document metadata of those files currently on the Justice Department’s website,” the report read.

In a statement attributed to a DOJ spokesperson, NPR was told that “any documents not published are privileged, are duplicates or relate to an ongoing federal investigation.”

In a statement shared on Tuesday, Rep. Robert Garcia, a ranking member of the House Oversight Committee, wrote “For the last few weeks, Oversight Democrats have been investigating the FBI’s handling of allegations from 2019 of sexual assault on a minor made against President Donald Trump by a survivor.”

He continued: “Yesterday, I reviewed unredacted evidence logs at the Department of Justice. Oversight Democrats can confirm that the DOJ appears to have illegally withheld FBI interviews with this survivor who accused President Trump of heinous crimes. Oversight Democrats will open a parallel investigation into this.”

“Under the Oversight Committee’s subpoena and the Epstein Files Transparency Act, these records must immediately be shared with Congress and the American public. Covering up direct evidence of a potential assault by the President of the United States is the most serious possible crime in this White House cover up,” Garcia concluded.

When contacted, the White House referred Just Jared to a statement from the Department of Justice on X, which accused Democrats of “misleading the public while manufacturing outrage from their radical anti-Trump base.”

“[The Department of Justice] has repeatedly said publicly AND directly to @NPR prior to deadline – NOTHING has been deleted. 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 statement read.

It continued: “ALL responsive documents have been produced unless a document falls within one of the following categories: duplicates, privileged, or part of an ongoing federal investigation.”

The White House also referenced a section from a January 2026 Department of Justice press release that addressed “false and sensationalist claims” within the Epstein files.

“This production may include fake or falsely submitted images, documents or videos, as everything that was sent to the FBI by the public was included in the production that is responsive to the Act. Some of the documents contain untrue and sensationalist claims against President Trump that were submitted to the FBI right before the 2020 election. To be clear, the claims are unfounded and false, and if they have a shred of credibility, they certainly would have been weaponized against President Trump already,” the statement read.

Trump has continuously denied any wrongdoing or association with Epstein‘s alleged crimes. Though his name does appear multiple times throughout the released files, he has not been accused of any wrongdoing.

Speaking to the press aboard Air Force One on Thursday (February 19), the president said that he had been “totally exonerated” by the files.

“I’m the expert in a way because I’ve been totally exonerated. That’s very nice. I can actually speak about it very nicely. I think it’s a shame. I did nothing,” he said at the time.

Multiple celebrities and politicians were referenced in the files. However, that does not mean that they were involved with any of Epstein‘s alleged crimes.

Just Jared reached out to the Department of Justice for comment, but hadn’t heard back at the time of publication.