- First Lady Melania Trump has denied having any relationship with Jeffrey Epstein in a surprise statement at the White House Thursday.
- “The lies linking me with the disgraceful Jeffrey Epstein need to end today,” she began as she took to the podium for a national address. She said that Epstein did not introduce her to her husband, President Donald Trump.
- The first lady also insisted she never had a relationship with Epstein’s accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell, after an email between her and Maxwell was included in the recent release of investigative files related to the Epstein case.
- “I am not Epstein’s victim,” she said. “Epstein did not introduce me to Donald Trump. I met my husband, by chance, at a New York City party in 1998. This initial encounter with my husband is documented in detail in my book.”
- She added, “I have never had any knowledge of Epstein’s abuse of his victims. I was never involved in any capacity—I was not a participant, was never on Epstein’s plane, and never visited his private island.”
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