Democrats release new report on Trump-Epstein ties, demand independent special counsel
WASHINGTON — Democrats on the US House Judiciary Committee have released a 50-page report on President Donald Trump’s alleged ties to the late Jeffrey Epstein and the Justice Department’s handling of related files, calling for an independent special counsel to investigate the matter.The report includes accounts from 11 women, five of whom directly accuse Trump…
WASHINGTON — Democrats on the US House Judiciary Committee have released a 50-page report on President Donald Trump’s alleged ties to the late Jeffrey Epstein and the Justice Department’s handling of related files, calling for an independent special counsel to investigate the matter.
The report includes accounts from 11 women, five of whom directly accuse Trump of rape or sexual assault in Epstein’s company or presence. It alleges that Trump and Epstein participated in the abuse of young women during the mid-to-late 1990s.
The report also includes a new allegation from former Miss Switzerland Beatrice Keul, who told committee staff that Trump sexually assaulted her at the Plaza Hotel during his November 1993 American Dream Pageant, when she was 24 years old.
According to the report, Epstein contacted Keul the same day, introduced himself as “Don’s best friend” and invited her to a party at Mar-a-Lago. The report further alleges that beauty pageants were used as a “hunting ground” to target vulnerable women.
Democrats called for the appointment of an independent special counsel to examine Attorney General Todd Blanche’s alleged conflict of interest, his meeting with Ghislaine Maxwell and the Justice Department’s alleged efforts to shield Trump. Senior Democrat Jamie Raskin said survivors of Epstein’s abuses deserve to be heard and that Congress must receive all relevant files.
The White House rejected all allegations, describing the report as a “desperate attempt” by Democrats to distract Americans ahead of the midterm elections. The Justice Department said it had released nearly three million documents under the Epstein Files Transparency Act and offered lawmakers unredacted access to the files.
The report was released about a week before the US midterm elections, where the handling of the Epstein files has become a prominent campaign issue.
