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External ties & fallout

Jessica Leeds

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Relationship to Trumpfellow airline passenger who publicly accused Trumppersonal / 2 sources
Account published in 2016; testimony admitted in the 2023 Carroll trial and upheld on appeal.relationship / 2026-09-03

Exact relationships

  1. personally denied Jessica Leeds's accountpersonaldocumented · 1 file · 1 source reference
  2. requested investigation of allegation against Trumplegalpersonalreported · 1 file · 1 source reference
  3. testified about alleged assault in Carroll triallegalpersonaldocumented · 1 file · 1 source reference

Money, power & fallout

  1. Jessica Leeds gave a named account of alleged contact on a flight to New YorkAccount published in 2016; testimony admitted in the 2023 Carroll trial and upheld on appeal.fellow airline passenger who publicly accused Trump · alleged · 2 sources
  2. Trump called Jessica Leeds's account a ridiculous taleTrump issued the public denial October 13, 2016.personally denied Jessica Leeds's account · documented · 1 source
  3. Leeds renewed her account and asked Congress to investigateLeeds asked Congress to investigate at a December 11, 2017 press conferencerequested investigation of allegation against Trump · reported · 1 source
  4. Leeds testified in the Carroll trial; the Second Circuit upheld admission of her testimonySecond Circuit upheld admission of Leeds's testimony on December 30, 2024testified about alleged assault in Carroll trial · documented · 1 source
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