An American artist who was among the first to accuse convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell of sexual crimes has claimed that she had also alerted the FBI about Donald Trump nearly 30 years ago, according to a report by The New York Times.

Maria Farmer, who first reported Epstein and Maxwell in 1996, told the Times that she had urged law enforcement agencies to investigate several powerful men in Epstein’s circle at the time, including Trump, who went on to become the 45th President of the United States.

Farmer, who worked for Epstein in the mid-1990s, said she was disturbed by a late-night encounter with Trump in 1995, when she was in her mid-20s. She claimed Trump appeared at Epstein’s Manhattan office while she was alone, looked at her legs in a way that made her uncomfortable, and allegedly remarked to Epstein outside the room that he thought she was 16. Farmer says she shared these concerns with the FBI in 1996 and again in 2006.

Law enforcement officials have not accused Trump of any wrongdoing in connection with Epstein, and he has never been the subject of a criminal investigation in this context.

A spokesperson for Trump told the Times that he was never in Epstein’s office and denied the claims. The Trump campaign also dismissed Farmer’s allegations and accused the media of recycling old stories to tarnish the former president’s image. They reiterated that Trump had distanced himself from Epstein years ago, even banning him...

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