Mr Trump attended a dinner organised by Maxwell at Epstein’s mansion in Manhattan in honour of her close friend the Duke of York in 1999, according to The New York Post.

Rumors about Maxwell's alleged connections to prominent people — such as Donald Trump and Bill Clinton — have circulated widely for years.

Testimony that was given under oath in the criminal trial of Jeffrey Epstein's co-conspirator in sex trafficking, Ghislaine Maxwell, reveals just how close Epstein and Maxwell were with Donald Trump.