President Donald Trump is facing renewed scrutiny over disturbing allegations involving Jeffrey Epstein, including a woman’s claim that Trump sexually assaulted her when she was just 13 years old and threatened to make her “disappear” if she ever spoke out.
The accusations have resurfaced in a 53-page report released October 26 by Democratic staff members of the House Judiciary Committee, reigniting controversy over Trump’s past relationship with the late convicted sex offender.
The report examines accounts involving 11 women, including five who have directly accused Trump of rape or sexual assault in circumstances connected to Epstein. The White House has categorically denied the allegations.
Among the most troubling claims is an account from a woman who used the pseudonym “Katie Johnson,” alleging she was sexually assaulted by Trump and Epstein during gatherings at Epstein’s New York residence in 1994.
Johnson first made her allegations public in a 2016 lawsuit, claiming she had been lured to the gatherings with promises of money and opportunities in the modeling industry.
According to the complaint, Trump assaulted her on multiple occasions while she was still a minor. She also alleged that both men threatened her with violence to prevent her from reporting what happened.
An FBI complaint record reproduced in the Democratic report includes the chilling alleged warning: “We’ll make you disappear.”
Johnson’s account was never proven in court. Her lawsuits were dismissed or withdrawn in 2016, including a final case she voluntarily dropped shortly before that year’s presidential election. Her identity has never been publicly verified, and Trump has denied the allegations.
The new report raises additional questions about the handling of her accusations, with Democratic investigators citing FBI records and claiming that documents connected to an investigative case number have been withheld from Congress and the public.
Those assertions have not established that Johnson’s allegations are true, but Democrats argue they warrant further scrutiny.
The controversy extends well beyond her account. Other women cited in the report describe alleged misconduct involving Trump during the 1990s, when he and Epstein moved in overlapping social circles in New York and Palm Beach, Florida.
Rep. Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, accused the Justice Department of failing to properly investigate potential Epstein accomplices and called for an independent special counsel.
Raskin alleged that Trump’s Justice Department “appears to be covering up these crimes to protect the President,” a charge the administration disputes.
The White House fired back forcefully, with spokeswoman Lauren Bis telling RadarOnline, “None of these allegations are true.”
Bis dismissed the Democratic report as a politically motivated attack and maintained that Trump had severed ties with Epstein years earlier, after removing him from his Mar-a-Lago club.
The report is not a criminal indictment or a judicial finding, and the allegations against Trump remain disputed. Nevertheless, its release has brought some of the most serious accusations surrounding his former friendship with Epstein back into the national spotlight, as Democrats demand answers about what investigators knew and whether additional records should be made public.
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