Overview
- A 2019 draft shared by author Michael Wolff with Jeffrey Epstein alleges Trump told friends he was "banging" his 28-year-old assistant, naming Madeleine Westerhout.
- The draft situates the alleged boast during Trump's 2018 decision to remain at the White House over the Christmas holiday.
- Wolff later published a version in his 2019 book 'Siege' that removed the aide's identity from the relevant passage.
- Through her lawyer, Westerhout called the allegation "absurd" and "unhinged from reality," and her 2020 memoir makes no mention of such a relationship.
- Trump dismissed the release of the Epstein-related materials as a "hoax" and a "scam" in a post on Truth Social.