A bombshell NPR investigation threatens to overshadow President Donald Trump's State of the Union address with allegations about missing Epstein files. The report claims the Department of Justice withheld documents from its massive records release, including more than 50 pages detailing FBI interviews with a woman who accused Trump and Jeffrey Epstein of sexual abuse when she was a minor.

Federal agents interviewed the accuser four times in 2019, but only the first interview was included in the DOJ's public release. NPR's analysis found dozens of pages catalogued but not shared, contradicting Attorney General Pam Bondi's claim that the release contained everything the Justice Department had on Epstein. The FBI's internal slideshow, made public in the records dump, listed the accuser's allegations against Trump, including claims he pressured her to perform oral sex and punched her when she retaliated.

The controversy deepens as NPR reports the DOJ removed some Maxwell prosecution files from its database without explanation, later reuploading some but not all. The FBI deemed most Epstein-related allegations against Trump unverifiable, yet the multiple interviews with his accuser suggest investigators found her claims credible enough to pursue. This investigation emerges as Trump prepares for his major address, potentially complicating his political messaging.