First Lady of the United States, Melania Trump, has publicly denied having any relationship with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, labeling claims linking her to him as “lies” and “defamatory.”
In a rare statement from the White House, she asserted that she was never friends with Epstein and had only a “casual correspondence” with his associate Ghislaine Maxwell. Melania Trump further explained that she and her husband, Donald Trump, had merely attended some of the same social events as Epstein due to overlapping social circles in New York and Palm Beach.
She also emphasized that Epstein did not introduce her to her husband, stating they met independently in 1998. While acknowledging a past email exchange with Maxwell, she characterized it as a trivial interaction with no deeper significance.
The First Lady used the occasion to urge Congress to hold public hearings focused on Epstein’s victims, advocating for increased attention to survivors. “The lies that connect me to the ignoble Jeffrey Epstein must stop today,” she declared.