WASHINGTON — The Justice Department on Thursday released additional Jeffrey Epstein files that had been inadvertently withheld, including records of FBI interviews with a woman who made uncorroborated accusations against President Donald Trump. The department said the files were incorrectly coded as duplicative during an earlier review, resulting in their omission from a larger tranche of Epstein-related documents made public earlier.

The disclosure extends a turbulent rollout of the Epstein archive that has drawn criticism from both parties, as Attorney General Pam Bondi faces a bipartisan House Oversight Committee subpoena demanding she testify under oath about the department’s handling of the files.

The withheld interviews

The FBI interviewed the woman four times as it sought to assess her account. Only a summary of one of those interviews had been included in the publicly released files. The department said Thursday that the remaining records had been “incorrectly coded as duplicative” and therefore inadvertently excluded.

“As we have consistently done, if any member of the public reported concerns with information in the library, the Department would review, make any corrections, and republish online,” the department said in a post on X.

The woman’s account

The woman contacted the FBI shortly after Epstein’s 2019 arrest and alleged that a man named “Jeff” living in Hilton Head, South Carolina, had raped her there in the 1980s when she was around 13 years old. She told agents she did not know the man’s identity at the time but decades later concluded he was Epstein after a friend sent her his photo from a news story.

In a follow-up interview a month later, the woman added a host of other claims, including that Epstein had schemed to have her mother imprisoned, beaten her, arranged sexual encounters with other men, and once flew her to either New Jersey or New York, where she alleged Trump tried to sexually assault her.

Agents spoke with her two additional times, at one point asking her to provide more detail on her alleged interactions with Trump, but reported that she declined to answer further questions and broke off contact.

According to the AP, there is no indication that Epstein ever lived in South Carolina, and it was unclear whether Trump and Epstein knew each other during the time period involved. The woman’s account was one of a number of uncorroborated, sometimes fantastical, reports that federal agents received from members of the public alleging misconduct by Trump and other famous people in the months and years after Epstein’s arrest.

Trump has consistently denied any wrongdoing in connection with Epstein. The department noted in January that some documents contain “untrue and sensationalist claims against President Trump that were submitted to the FBI right before the 2020 election.”

Congressional pressure and prior errors

Five Republicans on the House Oversight Committee joined Democrats on Wednesday in voting to subpoena Bondi, demanding she answer questions under oath — a sign of mounting frustration among members of the president’s own party.

The Trump administration has faced sustained criticism since the rollout of the Epstein files began in December, with critics accusing the department of hiding certain documents, over-redacting files, or in some cases not redacting enough. Among the errors, the department inadvertently released nude photos showing the faces of potential victims, as well as names, email addresses, and other identifying information that was either unredacted or not fully obscured.

Department officials have defended their handling of the files, saying they took pains to release records quickly under the law while protecting victims. Officials said errors were inevitable given the volume of materials, the number of lawyers reviewing the files, and the pace required. The department has said it is entitled to withhold records that exposed potential abuse victims, were duplicates, were covered by legal privileges, or related to an ongoing criminal investigation.

Epstein, the disgraced financier, killed himself in 2019 while awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking charges.