First lady Melania Trump
Staff Reporter: First lady Melania Trump made a statement at the White House on Thursday to slam reports about any connections she may have had with Jeffrey Epstein and his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell.
She also called on Congress to allow testimony from Epstein victims and to enter them into the official record. She denied being a victim herself and said an email exchange with Maxwell amounted to a “tribal note.”
“The lies linking me with the disgraceful Jeffrey Epstein need to end today. The individuals lying about me are devoid of ethical standards, humility and respect,” Trump said from the White House’s Grand Foyer. “I do not object to their ignorance, but rather I reject their mean-spirited attempts to defame my reputation.”
The first lady said she was never friends with Epstein, only that she and President Trump ran in the same circles as him in New York and Palm Beach.
She also pushed back on the notion that Epstein introduced her to her husband.
She called on Congress to provide the victims of Epstein with a public hearing “specifically centered around the survivors.”
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She said she was never involved in any sex trafficking, and that she never flew on Epstein’s plane or visited his private island.
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