Epstein information ‘thriller’ of the 37 ‘lacking’ pages – regardless of newest drop
Documents were released with shocking accusations against Donald Trump but an investigation has claimed there are still more unreleased pages from the Epstein Files
Epstein was found dead in a jail cell in 2019(Image: AP)
The US Justice Department released another batch of documents from the Epstein Files but 37 pages are reportedly still missing from public records.
A report in the latest files released on Friday claimed Donald Trump sexually assaulted a woman, after being introduced by convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, while she was a minor.
The unnamed woman, in an FBI interview, alleged the US President “struck her after she bit him on the penis” and “pulled her hair and punched her on the side of her head”.
Despite these 16 new pages, which include the shocking claims, an investigation has claimed 37 pages remain secret and out of public documents.
The US Justice Department published over three million files related to convicted sex offender Epstein in January, with emails, images and videos that shocked the world.
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Despite this, an investigation by independent, nonprofit American media organisation National Public Radio (NPR) previously discovered 53 pages appeared to be missing from that massive document drop. With today’s published files, the broadcaster claimed 37 pages of these records remain missing.
These absent pages reportedly include notes from interviews, licence records and reports from law enforcement all relating to Epstein and his crimes.
Mr Trump hasn’t been accused of crimes by the survivors of Epstein who have come forward so far. Being named in the Epstein Files does not imply wrongdoing.
The broadcaster added that the US Justice Department previously said any files kept from the public were “privileged, are duplicates or relate to an ongoing federal investigation”.
Officials claimed the documents released today were initially kept from the public because they were mistakenly categorised as duplicates.
Many files, images and emails released among the millions of pages in the Epstein Files have parts redacted. Justice Department officials have said this has been done at times to protect the identities of victims but many pages have been heavily redacted, with some blocked out with black boxes all together.
Among the most recent file drop was the FBI interview from an alleged victim who claimed she was abused by Donald Trump. According to files dated 2019 the woman claimed she first met the President in either New York or New Jersey, while Epstein was also present.
The White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt slammed the allegations and claimed they were “completely baseless accusations, backed by zero credible evidence from a sadly disturbed woman who has an extensive criminal history”.
Leavitt added: “The total baselessness of these accusations is also supported by the obvious fact that Joe Biden’s department of justice knew about them for four years and did nothing with them — because they knew President Trump did absolutely nothing wrong. As we have said countless times, President Trump has been totally exonerated by the release of the Epstein Files.”
