[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 49 (Wednesday, March 18, 2026)]
[House]
[Page H2557]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            CONCEALING PRESIDENT'S INVOLVEMENT WITH EPSTEIN

  (Mr. Goldman of New York was recognized to address the House for 5 
minutes.)
  Mr. GOLDMAN of New York. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to discuss this 
administration's massive coverup of the Epstein files in order to 
conceal President Trump's involvement.
  This coverup reached its apex last month when Attorney General Pam 
Bondi falsely testified under oath before the House Committee on the 
Judiciary. The Attorney General testified: ``There is no evidence that 
Donald Trump has committed a crime. Everyone knows that.''
  This is a lie. In the 3 million or so documents that the DOJ has 
disclosed to Congress under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, there 
is credible evidence that Donald Trump committed a crime. That, of 
course, excludes the nearly 3 million pages that the DOJ is refusing to 
turn over.
  Donald Trump is mentioned thousands of times in the Epstein files. 
There are multiple allegations that he sexually assaulted young girls, 
but I want to focus on one victim's allegations that the FBI 
unquestionably found to be credible.
  The DOJ tried to hide reports of three of the four interviews that 
this victim gave to the FBI, but pressure from the media and Congress 
forced them to disclose them. Now we know why. She credibly accuses 
Donald Trump of sexually assaulting her when she was between 13 and 15. 
In each of her interviews, this victim recited the same account of her 
interaction with Donald Trump.
  On August 7, 2019, she explained that she was between 13 and 15 when 
she was left alone with Donald Trump, who ``mentioned something to the 
effect of, `Let me teach you how little girls are supposed to be.' 
Trump unzipped his pants and put [her] head down, `down to his penis. 
[The victim] bit the [s] out of it.' Trump struck [the victim] and said 
words to the effect of: `Get this little [b] the hell out of here.' 
[The victim] advised she bit Trump's penis because he disgusted her.''
  She provided some additional details in the next interview 2 weeks 
later. Then, a month later, she met again with the FBI and asked ``what 
the point would be of providing the information at this point in her 
life when there was a strong possibility nothing could be done about 
it.''
  She didn't speak to the FBI again, but the FBI certainly found her 
story credible. In a 21-page PowerPoint presentation that the FBI made 
to prosecutors, they included this victim's testimony. They would not 
have done so if they did not find the evidence credible, which means 
that Attorney General Bondi lied when she stated under oath that there 
is no evidence that Donald Trump committed a crime.
  We are just scratching the surface because the Epstein files also 
reveal that Donald Trump has made false statements over the past 
quarter century about Jeffrey Epstein. We know, in 2002, he called him 
a terrific guy and said: ``It is even said that he likes beautiful 
women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side.''
  In a birthday card in 2003 that Donald Trump gave to Jeffrey Epstein 
for his 50th birthday, Donald wrote for himself: ``We have certain 
things in common, Jeffrey.'' ``Enigmas never age, have you noticed 
that?'' ``A pal is a wonderful thing. Happy birthday--and may every day 
be another wonderful secret.''
  In that same year, Palm Beach County opened an investigation into 
Epstein that eventually was turned over to the FBI. The investigation 
became public in 2006, and the Palm Beach County police chief received 
a call quickly after from Donald Trump, where Trump told him: ``Thank 
goodness you're stopping him. Everyone has known he's been doing 
this.'' What innocent person calls the police chief about an 
investigation upon just learning about it?
  The recent documents also show that Jeffrey Epstein e-mailed 
Ghislaine Maxwell and said: ``I want you to realize that that dog that 
hasn't barked is Trump. [Redacted victim] spent hours at my house with 
him. He has never once been mentioned.''
  Trump also denied that he ever went on Epstein's plane, but, of 
course, the Southern District of New York said that he was on his plane 
eight times, often with young women.
  The reason why this matters is because we don't have half of the 
Epstein files. If the Attorney General is covering this up in such a 
degree that she is redacting things from the public that she then shows 
to Congress, what else is she covering up?
  I will just show that this document here was redacted to the public. 
It was unredacted to Congress, and it completely disputes everything 
that Donald Trump has said about Jeffrey Epstein, about what he knew 
about the allegations, about his disgusting behavior, about whether he 
had ever been to Jeffrey Epstein's house, saying: ``I may have been 
there with my wife.'' Asked if any young girls were there, ``No. May 
have been children of guests, but that's it.''
  Well, we know that is not the case.
  Now, why is this important? Because if the Attorney General is 
covering up this information that she then reveals to Congress, what 
else is she covering up about Donald Trump's involvement in the Epstein 
files?
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Members are reminded again to refrain from 
engaging in personalities toward the President.

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