Democratic Sen. Ruben Gallego reacted to a report from NPR claiming that the Department of Justice withheld some Epstein files containing allegations that President Donald Trump sexually abused a minor.
"This should be the biggest political scandal in modern history," Gallego said in a social media publication.
The report in question claims that the files include what appear to be more than 50 pages of FBI interviews and notes from conversation with a woman who made the accusation.
The outlet said it reviewed multiple sets of unique serial numbers appearing before and after the pages, as well as FBI case records, emails and discovery document logs. Dozens of pages appear to be catalogued by the DOJ but have not been shared publicly.
The FBI, it noted, circulated the allegations in July and August of last year. Agents marked most of them as unverifiable or not credible, but one lead was sent to the agency's Washington office to set up an interview with an accuser. She said the abuse took place around 1983 when she was about 13 years old. She claimed that Epstein introduced her to Trump, who sought to abuse her but ended up hitting her after she forcibly fended off his attempt.
The FBI interviewed the woman four time, according to NPR, which said it went through a list of Non-Testifying Witness Material in the case concerning Epstein's partner, Ghislaine Maxwell, which were released under the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson commented on the report, saying that Trump has "done more for Epstein's victims than anyone before him." "Just as President Trump has said, he's been totally exonerated on anything relating to Epstein," she added.
"And by releasing thousands of pages of documents, cooperating with the House Oversight Committee's subpoena request, signing the Epstein Files Transparency Act, and calling for more investigations into Epstein's Democrat friends, President Trump has done more for Epstein's victims than anyone before him. Meanwhile, Democrats like Hakeem Jeffries and Stacey Plaskett have yet to explain why they were soliciting money and meetings from Epstein after he was a convicted sex offender."
Elsewhere in the report, NPR recalled that the DOJ has said that the Epstein files feature "untrue and sensationalist claims" about Trump.
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