Former Sports Illustrated swimsuit model says Trump groped her to show off for Jeffrey Epstein

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66% : She saw him again that year at a Christmas party hosted by Trump at his Plaza Hotel, where she said that the three of them spoke together.
65% : Trump greeted them outside his office, she said.
56% : "Not long after the encounter, Williams said she received a postcard from Trump, delivered to her modeling agency via courier, with a picture of Palm Beach on the front that featured his Mar-a-Lago resort.
54% : She had met Trump once before, she said, at a taping of Saturday Night Live.
51% : In 2002, Trump told New York Magazine, "I've known Jeff for 15 years.
48% : Williams spoke off-the-record to a podcast in 2019 about Epstein, including raising the allegation about Trump, according to a producer of the podcast.
45% : "She received the Palm Beach postcard signed by Trump and delivered via courier not long after the encounter, though she's not sure when because her fan mail often piled up at her modeling agency.
45% : When Trump announced his run for president in 2015, one of Williams' friends said she went to her house and saw that Williams had put the postcard on her kitchen countertop.
44% : "Williams said that Epstein and Trump continued talking while Trump's hands were on her, "looking at each other and smiling."
44% : She thought it was possible an assistant to Trump may have come in and out of the room while they were there, but she can't remember for sure.
41% : Williams said that she and Epstein were walking together on Fifth Avenue in New York City in 1993 when Epstein brought her to Trump Tower to see Trump.
41% : Once they got outside, she said Epstein berated her for allowing Trump to touch her.
39% : Williams said she did not believe she shared anything with him about the episode with Trump and Epstein, though she did share some details of her time in the New York modeling world in the 1990s.
35% : She did not remember telling friends about the incident, she said, until around 2015 when Trump announced he was running for president.
33% : CNN has spoken to three friends of Williams, who each said that she told them about the incident with Trump and Epstein, in 2006, in 2015 and in 2018, respectively.
33% : Williams then told her that Trump had groped her.
32% : Trump and EpsteinWhen she and Epstein left Trump Tower, Williams said that he was silent while they rode down the elevator.
32% : She was interviewed for the documentary in 2022, where she referenced the incident with Trump, though she didn't mention him by name.
29% : "I was not a fan of Jeffrey Epstein," Trump said.
28% : Williams never spoke to Trump again, she said, and avoided the future president in social situations.
22% : Trump has repeatedly denied the allegations.
20% : One of Trump's accusers, E. Jean Carroll, won two defamation lawsuits against Trump over the past two years over the former president's comments disparaging her and denying her rape allegations.
20% : Trump has also long sought to publicly distance himself from Epstein, since he first faced charges related to inappropriate sexual conduct with underage girls in the mid-2000s.
19% : Former defense secretary reacts to NYT audio from ex-chief of staff on Trump and 'fascism'A former Sports Illustrated swimsuit model is alleging that former President Donald Trump groped her in the 1990s, in what she believes was an attempt to show off for Jeffrey Epstein.
16% : After Epstein was charged, Trump told reporters that he did not know about his misconduct.
15% : The Trump campaign denied Williams' allegations, noting she shared her story on a Zoom call on Monday evening at a "Survivors for Kamala" event supporting Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential run against Trump, though the group is unaffiliated with the Harris campaign.

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