House Judiciary Committee Democrats on Monday released a 52-page staff report accusing President Donald Trump of being “an active participant” in Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse of young women in the 1990s, and accusing his Justice Department of covering it up.
The unsigned report draws on survivor interviews, FBI files released under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, and passages that Democrats say DOJ is improperly keeping redacted.
The White House says none of the allegations are true. Here are seven of the report’s most explosive claims.
1. A new rape allegation
Beatrice Keul, a Swiss former pageant contestant, told committee staff that Trump “violently raped” her in a suite at New York’s Plaza Hotel during his November 1993 American Dream pageant. She says that earlier that day, Epstein approached her and introduced himself as “Don’s best friend.”
Keul says Trump grabbed her from behind, tore her dress and left her bleeding and bruised. Afterward, she says, he repeated his offer to arrange a visa and admission to NYU and made her promise to keep quiet, saying, “The show must go on.” According to the report, she previously described the encounter as an attempted rape she talked Trump out of. The report doesn’t explain why her account changed, and it relies entirely on her interviews with staff.
2. The FBI case number
According to FBI records cited in the report, an agent’s internal search for Trump and Epstein under “exploitation of minors” returned a specific case number tied to Epstein’s 2007 federal investigation. A whistleblower told Democrats that a number of documents linked to that case number have been withheld from Congress and the public.
3. “Trump specifically asked”
In a 2009 email from Epstein’s lawyer, which remains redacted in DOJ’s release, the lawyer wrote that “Trump specifically asked” his own attorney to inform Epstein’s team about Trump’s interview with a lawyer for Epstein’s victims. Democrats say this raises “significant red flags that Donald Trump wanted to make sure Epstein was matching his false narrative.”
4. Blanche and Maxwell
When then-Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche interviewed Ghislaine Maxwell in 2025, he steered her away “on at least three separate occasions” from discussing “Jane,” a survivor whose account in FBI files says Epstein introduced her to Trump at Mar-a-Lago when she was 14, saying, “This is a good one, huh.” At one point Blanche said, “Let’s not talk about individuals.” Democrats say this may amount to witness tampering and obstruction.
5. Maxwell “presented” a young model to Trump
According to her FBI interview, a young model who later testified against Maxwell under the name “Kate” says Maxwell “presented” her to Trump at a New York party, the same way Maxwell “introduced [her] to Epstein.” A December 2020 email from a federal prosecutor, summarizing a call with Kate’s lawyer, says Maxwell “set [Kate] up on a date with” Trump. Citing other sources, including a 1997 tabloid report, Democrats say the three then flew together to Florida. Kate has not alleged misconduct by Trump.
6. “Never asked to leave”
Trump and the White House have long said he kicked Epstein out of Mar-a-Lago, with the White House calling Epstein a “creep.” But according to the redacted 2009 document, Trump said then that Epstein “was never asked to leave,” and his Mar-a-Lago manager confirmed it. Blanche has suggested the document was redacted as “a privileged communication between counsel.”
7. The FBI file on Melania
A redacted FBI interview summary with a former Epstein assistant states flatly: “Epstein introduced Melania Trump to Donald Trump.” That contradicts the long-told story that the couple met through modeling agent Paolo Zampolli. Zampolli’s longtime ex-partner has said the same thing, though Melania Trump has denied these accounts.
Democrats are calling for an independent special counsel to investigate Trump, Epstein’s potential accomplices and co-conspirators, and what they call the Justice Department’s cover-up.
