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House Judiciary Committee Democrats on October 26, 2026 released a staff report centered on Jeffrey Epstein’s network and Donald Trump’s relationship to it, with one of its most consequential claims coming from Beatrice Keul, a former model and Miss Switzerland. The committee said Keul told staff that Trump raped her in a Plaza Hotel suite during the 1993 American Dream Pageant and that the encounter left her bruised and bleeding. The report says the new account expands on allegations Keul had previously discussed publicly, and that it is part of a broader set of interviews, FBI records, and documents compiled by Democratic staff. The committee’s press release also says five women directly accuse Trump of rape or sexual assault in Epstein’s company or presence. ([democrats-judiciary.house.gov](https://democrats-judiciary.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/judiciary-democrats-report-details-mounting-evidence-linking-trump-to-epstein-s-criminal-activities-and-doj-s-cover-up-specific-accounts-involving-11-women-provide-more-evidence-of-potential-sex-crimes))

The original Democratic release is the clearest primary source for the event itself. It says Ranking Member Jamie Raskin unveiled a staff report titled “The Case Against Donald Trump Emerging in the Epstein Files and DOJ’s Desperate Efforts to Cover it Up,” and that the report relies on survivor accounts, FBI records, and documents released under the Epstein Files Transparency Act. The release specifically names Keul and says the report presents more information about her alleged assault than she had previously disclosed. ([democrats-judiciary.house.gov](https://democrats-judiciary.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/judiciary-democrats-report-details-mounting-evidence-linking-trump-to-epstein-s-criminal-activities-and-doj-s-cover-up-specific-accounts-involving-11-women-provide-more-evidence-of-potential-sex-crimes))

Independent coverage confirmed that Democrats used the report to push the issue back into the political debate days before Election Day. The New Republic described the release as a new rape allegation added to the Epstein-files fight, while local and wire-linked coverage reported that Democrats were asking for an independent special counsel and alleging a broader cover-up. These reports align on the basic event: a House Democratic report, released Monday, October 26, re-framed Epstein-related material as an active oversight and campaign issue. ([newrepublic.com](https://newrepublic.com/post/217159/democrats-epstein-files-report-rape-allegation-trump-woman?utm_source=openai))

The White House immediately rejected the report’s premise. In comments reproduced by TIME and the committee’s own writeup, White House spokeswoman Lauren Bis called it a partisan distraction and said Trump had been “fully exonerated” in matters related to Epstein. That denial does not resolve the underlying allegation; it only shows the competing political response. ([aol.com](https://www.aol.com/articles/details-rape-allegation-against-trump-172331000.html?utm_source=openai))

What is known is that House Democrats made a formal public release on October 26, 2026, and tied it to a demand for further investigation. What is not known, from the material available here, is whether the Keul allegation is independently corroborated by records beyond the committee’s compilation, or whether any prosecutor or court will treat the report as evidence in a criminal proceeding. The safe conclusion is narrower: this was an officially released congressional document that escalated already-existing Epstein-related allegations into a new round of oversight, denial, and political combat. ([democrats-judiciary.house.gov](https://democrats-judiciary.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/judiciary-democrats-report-details-mounting-evidence-linking-trump-to-epstein-s-criminal-activities-and-doj-s-cover-up-specific-accounts-involving-11-women-provide-more-evidence-of-potential-sex-crimes))