A new congressional report has brought decades-old allegations of sexual misconduct against President Donald Trump back into public view. The 53-page document, released by Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee, includes an allegation of rape made by Beatrice Keul, a former model and Miss Switzerland runner-up.
Released shortly before the 2026 midterm elections, the 53-page document examines alleged links between Trump, the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and the beauty pageant industry during the 1990s. The White House has dismissed its claims as a politically motivated attempt to distract from other issues. One section details Beatrice Keul’s account of an alleged assault in November 1993 at New York’s Plaza Hotel, which Trump owned at the time.
The allegations have not been established as fact
Keul was 24 and working in financial services while pursuing modeling opportunities. According to the report, she had been recruited to take part in the Donald J. Trump American Dream Pageant.
The document says Trump approached Keul during a press luncheon and offered to help her obtain a U.S. visa and gain admission to New York University. Keul alleges that Epstein later approached her, introduced himself as Trump’s “best friend,” and invited her to Mar-a-Lago.
According to her account, Keul was subsequently directed to meet Trump privately in a hotel suite, where she alleges he raped her. Trump has denied wrongdoing, and the allegation has not been established as fact.
Keul had previously spoken to the Daily Mail shortly before the 2024 presidential election. At the time, she described an encounter in which she alleged Trump groped and kissed her. The newly released report contains a more explicit account, which Keul says she had previously been reluctant to share because of fears of legal threats and the way the media might handle her claims.
Democratic committee staff said they drew on interviews, FBI records, and documents released under the Epstein Files Transparency Act to prepare the report. The document places Keul’s allegations alongside accounts from other women who have described alleged misconduct involving Trump and people in Epstein’s social circles.
In total, the report discusses allegations involving 11 women. Five, including Keul, Stacey Williams, and Jill Harth, have accused Trump of sexual assault or rape in accounts connected to Epstein’s presence or wider social network. The inclusion of these accounts does not, by itself, establish that the allegations are true.
House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jamie Raskin called for an independent special counsel to investigate whether potential co-conspirators had escaped accountability. The White House and the Department of Justice have criticized the report’s timing and contents.
White House spokesperson Lauren Bis issued a statement rejecting the allegations and maintaining that Trump had been cleared in connection with Epstein. Administration officials have also pointed to claims that Trump banned Epstein from Mar-a-Lago, as well as his administration’s handling of the federal prosecutions of Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell and the release of investigative files.
Beatrice Keul has announced she’s releasing a book
Republican strategists have dismissed the report as an “October surprise” intended to influence the midterm elections. The renewed attention has also raised concerns about Keul’s safety. In an interview with Newsweek, she said she received an anonymous automated phone call warning her and her family to stop speaking out in the United States.
Keul said she had notified legal authorities and remained frightened by the financial and political influence of the people she was challenging. Despite those concerns, she said she intended to continue telling her story in an upcoming book.
Published: Oct 29, 2026 01:15 pm