The lawyer for a girl who accused Donald Trump of sexually assaulting her when she was a toddler is asking on the president to testify beneath oath.
Attorney Lisa Bloom is asking on President Donald Trump to testify about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. / Evan Vucci / REUTERS
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Lisa Bloom represents the girl who claimed that Jeffrey Epstein launched her to Trump in 1984, when she was about 13 years previous. An FBI report launched as a part of the Epstein recordsdata revealed the girl advised interviewers in 2019 that Trump had pressured her to carry out a sexual act on him.
She claimed Trump then punched her on the facet of her head after she allegedly “bit the s–t out of” his penis. Trump has denied the accusations.
Bloom, in an announcement to the Daily Beast, referenced Melania Trump’s stunning press assertion, the place she denied having any information of Epstein’s crimes—or any relationship with the disgraced financier.
“While Melania Trump seems primarily concerned about her own reputation today, she does call for congressional hearings. We agree,” mentioned Bloom. “And the man who is mentioned probably more than anyone else in the Epstein files should be subpoenaed to testify: Donald Trump.”
The White House didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
Bloom represents 10 different Epstein survivors. Two different Epstein survivors, Maria and Annie Farmer, issued their very own assertion on Thursday.
“We can’t speak for other survivors, but what we want is accountability, transparency, and justice. The federal government has long mismanaged the Epstein investigation by repeatedly ignoring survivors, violating their privacy, and refusing to release the remaining records held by the Department of Justice—including my complete FBI records from 1996. If the federal government is truly committed to supporting survivors, it would ask us what we want and should follow the facts wherever they may lead.”
Trump delivers remarks relating to the late financier and convicted intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein from the Grand Foyer of the White House. One of Epstein’s victims has since referred to as on her husband to testify earlier than Congress. / Evan Vucci / REUTERS
Melania, in her assertion to the press, mentioned Congress ought to give Epstein’s many victims a public listening to “to testify under oath in front of Congress with the power of sworn testimony.”
Some lawmakers responded that her husband’s administration has made that tough, citing former Attorney General Pam Bondi’s refusal to look at victims throughout a February listening to.
Melania additionally denied having a relationship with Epstein, who she mentioned didn’t act alone. The first girl didn’t take questions after her White House assertion.
