First Thing: Trump groped me in what felt like a ‘twisted game’ with Epstein, former model alleges

Stacey Williams says the ex-president, whose spokesperson denied the allegations, touched her in an unwanted sexual way in 1993. Plus, the Guardian endorses Kamala Harris

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A former model has accused Donald Trump of groping and sexually touching her in 1993, in what she believed was a twisted game" between him and Jeffrey Epstein, who she claims introduced them.

How has Trump's campaign responded? The press secretary denied the allegations, calling them politically motivated and unequivocally false".

Where was Trump? He was at an Atlanta rally hosted by Turning Point USA, a far-right youth group, where he made a rambling speech calling Harris a low-IQ individual".