Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) flagged an extraordinarily explosive allegation against President Donald Trump Thursday night, one uncovered in the Justice Department’s release of files on Jeffrey Epstein, and demanded the the DOJ take immediate action in interviewing witnesses.
“Dear [Attorney General Pam Bondi]: Since you creepily spied on the unredacted Epstein files I read, you know I read this one,” Lieu wrote Thursday in a social media post on X, referencing reports that Bondi and her agency appeared to be tracking lawmakers’ searches in its Epstein files database.
“Witness calls FBI’s [National Threat Operations Center] and reports girl, later found dead, told him Trump and Epstein raped her. DOJ NEVER INTERVIEWS WITNESS. When will DOJ interview this witness?”
The file in question is an unverified tip submitted to the FBI in 2020 from a limousine driver who claimed to have driven Trump in the 1990s, and recalled Trump making “very concerning” comments about “abusing some girl,” while also "continuously" stating the name “Jeffrey.”
The tip also included unverified allegations that Trump and Epstein had raped a young girl who was later found with her head “blown off,” details of which were later partially corroborated by local news outlets.
“And there it is. Rape. Murder,” wrote Cheri Jacobus, a political strategist and commentator to their more than 220,000 followers on X. “[Donald Trump] raping a girl and she's later found dead. Thank you Ted Lieu for bringing this out in the open when so many others are [too] afraid to point to this in the Epstein Files.”Dear @AGPamBondi: Since you creepily spied on the unredacted Epstein files I read, you know I read this one.
Witness calls FBI’s NTOC and reports girl, later found dead, told him Trump and Epstein raped her.
DOJ NEVER INTERVIEWS WITNESS.
When will DOJ interview this witness? https://t.co/Z5d98YJn5Fpic.twitter.com/4byJdk9ov9
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) February 13, 2026