Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee have released a 52-page report renewing scrutiny of former President Donald Trump’s relationship with the late financier Jeffrey Epstein. The report, titled “We Have Certain Things in Common, Jeffrey,” alleges that Trump was an active participant in Epstein’s sexual abuse of young women during the mid-to-late 1990s.
The committee’s report claims there is a growing body of evidence connecting Trump to Epstein’s misconduct. It highlights flight logs showing Trump as a passenger on Epstein’s private plane at least eight times in the 1990s, despite Trump’s repeated public denials of having flown on Epstein’s plane. Additionally, the report includes statements from 11 women who tie Trump and Epstein together in abuse allegations. Five of these women accuse Trump of rape or assault occurring in Epstein’s presence or with his knowledge, while three others describe alleged attempts by Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell to traffic them to Trump. The alleged incidents mostly took place between 1992 and 1997.
A notable new allegation in the report comes from Beatrix Keul, a former Miss Switzerland runner-up, who says she was forcibly raped by Trump in 1993 during the Donald J. Trump American Dream Pageant for young women held in Atlantic City and New York. According to Keul, Trump promised her a visa arrangement and admission to New York University through his associate, modeling agent Paolo Zampolli, but then assaulted her in a private suite. The White House dismissed this and other allegations as fictitious and part of a politically motivated effort to distract from other national issues.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jamie Raskin called for an independent special counsel to investigate the connections between Trump and Epstein. The report also criticizes the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for allegedly withholding information and obstructing transparency. In response, Attorney General Todd Blanche, a former defense attorney for Trump, stated that no evidence in the Epstein files justifies criminal investigations into any uncharged individuals, including Trump. Blanche’s critics note his close ties to Trump and raise questions about his impartiality.
The report recounts that Trump maintained a long-standing friendship with Epstein during the 1990s, a period marked by Trump’s involvement with fashion and modeling agencies, including Elite Model Management. Trump hosted modeling competitions for teenagers and was linked to figures such as John Casablancas and Paolo Zampolli, known for their controversial attitudes toward young women.
Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s convicted accomplice, who recently sought clemency, reportedly told Attorney General Blanche during a prison visit that Trump always behaved “like a gentleman” in her presence and claimed to have been unaware of Epstein’s activities involving underage girls until after Epstein’s arrest. Maxwell was subsequently transferred to a minimum-security prison in Texas.
Trump has consistently denied wrongdoing in connection to Epstein, emphasizing that the Epstein files exonerate him, a claim not universally accepted given the volume of new and longstanding allegations brought forward by survivors and lawmakers. The report underscores the continuing complexities and unresolved aspects of the Epstein scandal as key documents remain sealed or heavily redacted by the DOJ.