A leaked 2019 email from author Michael Wolff to Jeffrey Epstein has ignited a political firestorm, after Wolff claimed that former President Donald Trump told friends he was “banging” Madeleine Westerhout, his then–28-year-old Director of Oval Office Operations. Westerhout, through her attorney, has issued a furious statement calling the accusations “absurd” and “defamatory,” while the email resurfaced as part of a massive 23,000-document trove released to Congress by Epstein’s estate. Trump has dismissed the claims as a “hoax” and a “scam,” accusing Democrats of weaponising the leak to distract from the ongoing government shutdown battle. Watch
