Trump’s private calendar shows him at place of alleged sexual assault of former Apprentice contestant

Excerpts of Donald Trump’s private calendar from a dozen years ago appear to show he was at a Beverly Hills hotel around the same time a former Apprentice contestant alleges he assaulted her there.

Email exchanges from 2007 also released on Thursday show that Summer Zervos had sought a lunch meeting with Mr Trump in New York around the time she claims he kissed her inappropriately in that city.

The calendar records and email correspondence came to light in court filings related to Ms Zervos’ ongoing defamation lawsuit against Mr Trump in New York state court.

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Ms Zervos is one of about a dozen women who accused Mr Trump of sexual misconduct shortly before the 2016 election, and her case could reach its conclusion before voters return to the polls next year.

Mr Trump has denied accusations of sexual impropriety and said he never even met Ms Zervos at the Beverly Hills Hotel.

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Attorney Mark Zaid said that he and other lawyers on his team are now representing the second person, who is said to work in the intelligence community and has first-hand knowledge that supports claims made by the first whistleblower and has spoken to the intelligence community's inspector general. The second whistleblower has not yet filed their own complaint, but does not need to to be considered an official whistleblower. Getty 4/19 Rudy Giuliani Former mayor of New York, whose management of the aftermath of the September 11 attacks in 2001 won him worldwide praise. As Trump’s personal attorney he has been trying to find compromising material about the president’s enemies in Ukraine in what some have termed a “shadow” foreign policy. In a series of eccentric TV appearances he has claimed that the US state department asked him to get involved. Giuliani insists that he is fighting corruption on Trump’s behalf and has called himself a “hero”. AP 5/19 Volodymyr Zelensky The newly elected Ukrainian president - a former comic actor best known for playing a man who becomes president by accident - is seen frantically agreeing with Trump in the partial transcript of their July phone call released by the White House. With a Russian-backed insurgency in the east of his country, and the Crimea region seized by Vladimir Putin in 2014, Zelensky will have been eager to please his American counterpart, who had suspended vital military aid before their phone conversation. He says there was no pressure on him from Trump to do him the “favour” he was asked for. Zelensky appeared at an awkward press conference with Trump in New York during the United Nations general assembly, looking particularly uncomfortable when the American suggested he take part in talks with Putin. AFP/Getty 6/19 Mike Pence The vice-president was not on the controversial July call to the Ukrainian president but did get a read-out later. 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Getty 8/19 Joe Biden The former vice-president is one of the frontrunners to win the Democratic nomination, which would make him Trump’s opponent in the 2020 election. Trump says that Biden pressured Ukraine to sack a prosecutor who was investigating an energy company that Biden’s son Hunter was on the board of, refusing to release US aid until this was done. However, pressure to fire the prosecutor came on a wide front from western countries. It is also believed that the investigation into the company, Burisma, had long been dormant. Reuters 9/19 Hunter Biden Joe Biden’s son has been accused of corruption by the president because of his business dealings in Ukraine and China. However, Trump has yet to produce any evidence of corruption and Biden’s lawyer insists he has done nothing wrong. AP 10/19 William Barr The attorney-general, who proved his loyalty to Trump with his handling of the Mueller report, was mentioned in the Ukraine call as someone president Volodymyr Zelensky should talk to about following up Trump’s preoccupations with the Biden’s and the Clinton emails. Nancy Pelosi has accused Barr of being part of a “cover-up of a cover-up”. AP 11/19 Mike Pompeo The secretary of state initially implied he knew little about the Ukraine phone call - but it later emerged that he was listening in at the time. He has since suggested that asking foreign leaders for favours is simply how international politics works. AFP via Getty 12/19 Nancy Pelosi The Democratic Speaker of the House had long resisted calls from within her own party to back a formal impeachment process against the president, apparently fearing a backlash from voters. On September 24, amid reports of the Ukraine call and the day before the White House released a partial transcript of it, she relented and announced an inquiry, saying: “The president must be held accountable. No one is above the law.” Getty 13/19 Adam Schiff Democratic chairman of the House intelligence committee, one of the three committees leading the inquiry. He was criticized by Republicans for giving what he called a “parody” of the Ukraine phone call during a hearing, with Trump and others saying he had been pretending that his damning characterisation was a verbatim reading of the phone call. He has also been criticised for claiming that his committee had had no contact with the whistleblower, only for it to emerge that the intelligence agent had contacted a staff member on the committee for guidance before filing the complaint. The Washington Post awarded Schiff a “four Pinocchios” rating, its worst rating for a dishonest statement. Reuters 14/19 Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman Florida-based businessmen and Republican donors Lev Parnas (pictured with Rudy Giuliani) and Igor Fruman were arrested on suspicion of campaign finance violations at Dulles International Airport near Washington DC on 9 October. Separately the Associated Press has reported that they were both involved in efforts to replace the management of Ukraine's gas company, Naftogaz, with new bosses who would steer lucrative contracts towards companies controlled by Trump allies. There is no suggestion of any criminal activity in these efforts. Reuters 15/19 Kurt Volker The former US ambassador to NATO was appointed special envoy to Ukraine, and is thought to have played a role in linking Giuliani with Ukraine officials. He resigned just before giving evidence to Congress, which had subpoenaed him. After his testimony it emerged that he had apparently told Giuliani that he was being fed false information about the Bidens from Ukrainian officials. Getty Images 16/19 Marie Yovanovitch A career diplomat who was appointed US ambassador to Ukraine towards the end of Barack Obama’s presidency. She was abruptly recalled from her post in May 2019 amid claims that she was not co-operating with Rudy Giuliani’s unorthodox activities in Ukraine. In the Ukraine phone call Trump refers to her as “the woman” and “bad news” and hints darkly at some sort of retribution, saying: “Well, she’s going to go through some things.” Subpoenaed to give evidence to Congress. AP 17/19 Gordon Sondland A Seattle hotelier who became US ambassador to the European Union after donating $1 million to Trump’s inauguration committee, despite having no diplomatic experience. According to the whistleblower, Sondland met Ukrainian politicians to help them “understand and respond to the differing messages they were receiving from official US channels on one hand and from Mr GIuliani on the other”. Subpoenaed to give evidence to Congress. Reuters 18/19 Gordon Kent A career diplomat, he was number two at the Ukraine embassy under Marie Yovanovitch. He has been subpoenaed to give evidence to Congress. Getty 19/19 Ulrich Brechbuhl An adviser to secretary of state Mike Pompeo, with whom he has run businesses. The two were also at West Point military academy together. Swiss-born Brechbuhl is said to handle “special diplomatic assignments”. Subpoenaed to give evidence to Congress. Getty

“To be clear, I never met her at a hotel or greeted her inappropriately a decade ago,” Mr Trump said after she made her accusation.

But Ms Zervos’ lawyer said the documents, and others the Trump Organisation has held back from public view, back up her client’s claims.

Her “account of the underlying sexual assaults has now been corroborated, in close detail, by documents produced from [Trump’s] own files,” lawyer Mariann Wang wrote in a memo filed on Thursday.

After it's contents were revealed, Mr Trump’s lawyer in the case, Marc Kasowitz, told the Associated Press that Ms Zervos’ claims are “entirely meritless and not corroborated by any documents”.

Mr Trump called Ms Zervos and other women who have made accusations against him “liars”, prompting Ms Zervos to sue him for defamation.

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The documents released were made public as part of an agreement between Ms Zervos’ and Mr Trump’s legal teams.

The filings include some of the hundreds of documents produced by the Trump Organisation in the discovery phase of the lawsuit that the company had deemed confidential.

Among the new documents are email correspondence between Ms Zervos and Mr Trump’s secretary, Rhona Graff, from autumn 2007, where Ms Zervos asks to meet Mr Trump.

“I will be in New York late November, and would like the chance to take Mr Trump to lunch,” Ms Zervos wrote to Ms Graff on 1 October 2007. “I simply think a lot of him and would look forward to visiting with him.”

Ms Graff responded: “Why don’t we keep it casual. Call me when you are in town, and you can certainly pop over if it’s convenient.”

Ms Zervos, who has said she hoped to work for the Trump Organisation and wanted professional advice, has said she visited Mr Trump in his office in Trump Tower in New York.

“When I arrived he kissed me on the lips,” Ms Zervos said in a 2016 statement. “I was surprised, but felt that perhaps that was just his form of greeting.”

As the meeting was wrapping up, Ms Zervos said Mr Trump kissed her again and she was “upset” by this and told friends and family.

Ms Zervos has said she later met Mr Trump for a lunch meeting at the Beverly Hills Hotel, when she said the unwanted fondling occurred. Despite the nature of the encounter, she said, she voluntarily met him again the next day at Trump National Golf Club in Rancho Palos Verdes, California.

The calendar records provided by the Trump Organisation show that Mr Trump left Las Vegas on 21 December 2007, arrived in Los Angeles, and went to the Beverly Hills Hotel that afternoon, along with his bodyguard Keith Schiller.

The entry for the next day says he visited the “Trump National Golf Club” in the morning before departing Los Angeles the following day.

The Zervos case is emerging as one of the more pressing legal challenges to Mr Trump, who is facing legal challenges on many fronts, from the impeachment inquiry on Capitol Hill to lawsuits targeting his businesses and finances.

Mr Trump’s lawyers have tried to block Ms Zervos’ suit, arguing that the president is immune from such state court lawsuits. But in March, a New York appellate court ruled that Mr Trump had to face the defamation lawsuit.

A judge set a deadline of 6 December for depositions, meaning Trump may have to make a statement or answer questions under oath. Mr Trump’s lawyers have signalled their intent to appeal. The discovery phase of the lawsuit is ongoing.

The Zervos case is not the only defamation lawsuit Mr Trump has faced as president.

Adult-film actress Stormy Daniels had filed a separate suit against Mr Trump, arguing that he defamed her when he suggested she had lied about being threatened to keep quiet about their alleged past relationship. That lawsuit was dismissed by a federal judge last year.