On October 24, NPR announced that the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has disclosed that among the files pertaining to the child exploitation case of Jeffrey Epstein, numerous crucial documents related to allegations of Donald Trump’s sexual exploitation of minors have either been omitted or deleted. This revelation has led the Democratic party to categorize the situation as an illegal cover-up and to initiate plans for a separate investigation. Reports indicate that more than fifty pages of documents were identified as not publicly released, despite being cataloged by the DOJ, alongside FBI case records and evidence lists.

NPR further highlighted that among the missing documents is a report of a female victim's interview with the FBI, who claims to have met Trump at around the age of 13 or 14 through Epstein and alleges that she was coerced into sexual acts by Trump, followed by physical assault. Interestingly, although these allegations have been referred to in internal FBI presentations on major figures of the Epstein case, the pertinent documents are absent from the publicly accessible database. This gap raises questions about the transparency of the DOJ and its compliance with the Epstein File Transparency Act.

MSNBC corroborated NPR's findings and noted that, in their review, although the FBI had interviewed the victim at least four times, only a single reference to Trump was found in the materials that were made public, from a July 2019 interview that contained no substantive remarks regarding Trump. The failure to disclose these critical documents has prompted calls from Democratic representatives for a formal investigation into possible perjury associated with Attorney General Pam Bondi, further escalating political tensions surrounding the case and underscoring the implications of governmental oversight in high-profile criminal investigations.