Lauren Petrella: Harth’s Mar-a-Lago account

The report cites Harth’s 1997 complaint alleging that Trump entered model Lauren Petrella’s bedroom uninvited in the early hours of the same Mar-a-Lago gathering and groped her. This is Harth’s account concerning Petrella, rather than a new first-person accusation obtained from Petrella.

It also cites HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_031604, a 2015 email in which Epstein supplied Petrella’s contact information to a reporter and referred to an earlier photograph. The email is correspondence about their shared social circle; the allegation’s location comes from Harth’s complaint.

The White House response

White House spokeswoman Lauren Bis told Spectrum News on October 26 that the allegations were false and characterized the report as politically motivated. She said Trump had removed Epstein from Mar-a-Lago and had been exonerated. The committee’s report disputes Trump’s descriptions of the friendship and expulsion, citing flight records, correspondence and witness accounts. These statements are attributed to their respective speakers.

Related Reports

Sources

  1. Spectrum News: White House response to the report, October 26, 2026
  2. House Judiciary Committee Democrats: original October 26, 2026 staff report (53 PDF pages) — Printed 36–49; PDF page = printed page + 1
  3. House Judiciary Committee Democrats: original October 26, 2026 staff report (53 PDF pages) — Printed 21, 32; PDF page = printed page + 1

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