House report cites 11 women's accounts

Eleven women provided accounts linking President Donald Trump to Jeffrey Epstein, according to a 52-page report released last month by Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee. The document, titled "We Have Certain Things in Common, Jeffrey," examines the relationship between the president and the late financier. Five of the women directly accuse Trump of rape or assault in Epstein's company or presence. Three others describe what they believed were attempts by Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell to traffic them to Trump. The report states that a growing body of evidence demonstrates Trump was an active participant in Epstein's sexual abuse of young women during the mid-to-late 1990s.

The timeline of the investigation began with Epstein's 2019 arrest and subsequent suicide in jail. That event triggered a series of legal and political reactions, including the imprisonment of Maxwell, Capitol Hill hearings, and multimillion-dollar settlements with Epstein's estate. More than 3 million pages of files have been released to the public, though millions more remain under Justice Department control. The current report builds on those earlier disclosures by focusing specifically on the personal connection between Trump and Epstein.

Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the committee, demanded the appointment of an independent special counsel to investigate the ties. Raskin stated that the Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation are doing everything they can to keep the American people in the dark. The White House dismissed the report as a desperate attempt by Democrats to distract Americans. President Trump, whose name appears thousands of times in the Epstein files, has repeatedly said the documents totally exonerate him.

Attorney General Todd Blanche said he found nothing in the files that would lead to criminal investigations against uncharged third parties, including Trump. Blanche is Trump's former criminal defense attorney. He also declined to pursue an Epstein investigation after a two-day visit with Maxwell at a Florida federal prison in July 2025. Maxwell told Blanche that Trump had always behaved like a gentleman in her presence. She also stated she only learned about Epstein's involvement with underage girls after his arrest. A week after the visit, Maxwell was moved to a minimum security prison in Bryan, Texas.

The report contradicts previous claims by Trump regarding his travel habits. In January 2024, Trump wrote on social media that he had never traveled on Epstein's plane. The new report reproduces flight logs for Epstein's private plane, which list Trump as a passenger at least eight times in the 1990s. The report notes that Trump and Epstein were close friends for much of that decade. Trump hosted Elite Model Management competitions for teenagers and had ties to the agency's founder John Casablancas. He also associated with modeling agent Paolo Zampolli, who was recently fired from a political appointment.

One account in the report has not been previously made public. Beatrix Keul, a 53-year-old Swiss banker and Miss Switzerland runner-up, said she was recruited to attend the Donald J. Trump American Dream Pageant in 1993. The event was held in Atlantic City and New York. Keul said Trump told her Zampolli would arrange a visa for her and that Trump would secure her admission to New York University. She was ushered into a suite for what she thought was a private meeting with Trump. Keul alleges that he forcibly raped her in the suite.

After the alleged assault, Keul said Trump sat her on the edge of the bed and repeated his offer for a visa and NYU admission. She said he told her to keep quiet and stated, "The show must go on." The White House has derided this specific account as fictitious. About two years after the incident in 1993, Trump sexually abused writer E. Jean Carroll in a Manhattan dressing room. Ten years after that, he uttered the words, "When you're a star, you can do anything."

The next scheduled step in the process is the appointment of a special counsel, as demanded by Raskin. The House Judiciary Committee has released the report to the public. The Justice Department has not yet announced a new timeline for reviewing the remaining files under its control. Maxwell is currently serving her sentence in Bryan, Texas. Trump continues to campaign for the midterm elections while fuel prices remain high. The Epstein files remain subject to lawsuits and redactions.