Ex-model who accused Trump of groping her in 1990s says Epstein mentioned Trump 'every time we spoke'

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55% : Not long after the alleged incident, Williams said Trump sent her a handwritten postcard featuring his Mar-a-Lago estate that read, "Stacey -- Your home away from home.
55% : During Trump's first run for the White House, a 2005 video surfaced where he discussed groping women, in which Trump can be heard telling former "Access Hollywood" host Billy Bush, "When you're a star they let you do it.""I'm automatically attracted to beautiful women, I just start kissing them, it's like a magnet.
53% : In 2002, Trump told New York magazine, "I've known Jeff for 15 years.
50% : When asked if he "ever socialized with Donald Trump in the presence of females under the age of 18" Epstein replied, "Though I'd like to answer that question, at least today I'm going to have to assert my Fifth, Sixth and 14th Amendment right, sir."By the time Epstein was charged in 2019, then-President Trump told reporters at the White House he was "not a fan of his, that I can tell you" and that he hadn't "spoken to him in 15 years."A year later, Trump wished Ghislaine Maxwell "well" after being asked by a reporter if the longtime Epstein associate should reveal the names of powerful people who were associated with the serial sex offender.
50% : You can do anything," Trump said, including "grab 'em by the p----.
43% : In her interview with ABC News, Williams said that during her several-month relationship with Epstein, who she said she met in 1992, Trump was among three people who Epstein talked to her about the most, with one of the other two being Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein's longtime associate who has since been sentenced to prison for 20 years for recruiting and grooming the underage girls who Epstein sexually abused.
41% : During Maxwell's trial, flight logs released as evidence showed that Trump was listed as a passenger on Epstein's private jets at least seven times: four times in 1993, once in 1994 and 1995, and a previously known time 1997.
35% : "I don't know," Trump said.
30% : It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side," Trump said at the time.Epstein was questioned about his relationship with Trump during a March 2010 deposition in a civil suit against Epstein filed by some of Epstein's victims.Epstein answered, "Yes, sir," when asked if he had socialized with Trump.
29% : Longtime friend Allison Gutwillinger told ABC News in an interview that in 2015 Williams invited her over to her home to tell her about the alleged incident after Trump had announced his run for office.
25% : "Trump apologized at the time after the comments were made public, saying in a video, "Anyone who knows me knows these words don't reflect who I am," adding, "I said it, I was wrong, and I apologize.
24% : Williams went public this week with an allegation that Trump groped her in front of Epstein after she said Epstein, who would later be known as a serial sex offender, brought her to Trump Tower in the early 1990s.
21% : "Trump eventually distanced himself from Epstein, who in 2019 died by suicide in prison while awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking charges.
20% : At least 18 women have accused Trump of varying degrees of inappropriate behavior, including allegations of sexual harassment or sexual assault.
18% : "Trump has long vehemently denied all of the women's accusations.
17% : "On the Zoom call, which ABC News obtained a video of, Williams, who first began speaking publicly about the alleged incident with Trump and Epstein in Facebook posts dating back to 2020, said she felt like the alleged groping incident was a "twisted game" between Trump and Epstein.
17% : "Speaking with ABC News, Williams explained that shortly after the alleged incident, she began to suspect that the encounter with Trump and Epstein had been "orchestrated," but went into denial about it because of the shame it made her feel.
5% : In a statement to ABC News, Trump campaign spokesperson Karoline Leavitt denied Williams' allegations, stating in part, "These accusations, made by a former activist for Barack Obama and announced on a Harris campaign call two weeks before the election, are unequivocally false."Asked about the claim that Epstein spoke frequently about Trump, a Trump campaign spokesperson said, "It is widely known that President Trump banned Jeffrey Epstein from his Mar-a-Lago Club when revelations about his sex trafficking became public.

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