Overview

• On July 19, Stacey Williams told CNN that Jeffrey Epstein described Trump as his “wingman” and alleged that Trump groped her at Trump Tower in 1993, touching her breasts, buttocks and hips.
• Williams recounted that Epstein frequently spoke of Trump as his close friend, reinforcing decades-old accounts of their social and business interactions during the 1980s and 1990s.
• Trump campaign spokesperson Karoline Leavitt issued an unequivocal denial of the groping allegations, calling them fabricated and politically motivated.
• Federal flight logs declassified in February show Trump flew on Epstein’s private jet in October 1993, bolstering documented links between the two men.
• Trump continues his $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal over a separate Epstein-related story as legal fights and demands for grand jury records intensify.