Federal Judge Orders DOJ to Release Files Related to Trump's Accuser

A federal judge has ordered the Justice Department (DOJ) to release unredacted versions of FBI interview files concerning a woman who accused Donald Trump of sexual assault when she was 13 years old. U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan directed Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to comply by July 2 or explain the reasons for withholding the documents. The case involves allegations made by a woman who claimed that Jeffrey Epstein introduced her to Trump in 1984, and that Trump forced her to perform a sexual act. Trump has denied the allegations. Sullivan's decision supports investigative journalist Katie Phang, who accused the DOJ of violating the Epstein Files Transparency Act by not releasing all relevant documents. The DOJ has released about half of the 6 million pages of documents related to Epstein, with many being heavily redacted. Sullivan ruled that Phang has the right to sue for the unreleased files and ordered the DOJ to provide a log of all redactions made to previously published documents.