First girl Melania Trump listens as U.S. President Donald Trump (not pictured) delivers remarks throughout an Independence Day army household picnic on the South Garden of the White Home on July 04, 2025 in Washington, DC.
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First girl Melania Trump made a uncommon public assertion on Thursday denying that she had shut ties to the late intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein and calling on Congress to permit victims to testify.
“I’m not Epstein’s sufferer,” Melania Trump mentioned. “Epstein didn’t introduce me to [President] Donald Trump.” It was not instantly clear why the primary girl was addressing this subject publicly. However included within the Epstein recordsdata launched by the Justice Division was a closely redacted FBI interview that included the declare Epstein launched the Trumps.
“I’ve by no means had any information of Epstein’s abuse of his victims,” she continued. “I used to be by no means concerned in any capability.”
The primary girl requested Congress “to behave” and maintain public hearings permitting Epstein victims to testify.
“Epstein was not alone,” Melania Trump mentioned. “I name on Congress to supply the ladies who’ve been victimized by Epstein with a public listening to particularly centered across the survivors. Give these victims their alternative to testify below oath in entrance of Congress.”
Melania Trump made the general public assertion from the White Home in entrance of cameras Thursday afternoon and didn’t take any questions from reporters. The denial comes a day after the DOJ mentioned former Legal professional Common Pam Bondi wouldn’t seem for a subpoena earlier than the Home Oversight Committee on April 14. The subpoena addressed her dealing with of the DOJ paperwork about Epstein.
Melania Trump’s title seems within the newest tranche of paperwork printed on the finish of January.
Donald Trump can also be talked about within the recordsdata, as the 2 males have been associates earlier than falling out. The president has additionally denied any wrongdoing or information of Epstein’s alleged crimes. An NPR investigation in February discovered that paperwork naming the president have been withheld from the recordsdata. A few of these recordsdata have been later printed.
In an obvious e-mail to Epstein’s co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell, Melania Trump complimented how Maxwell regarded in a photograph, and instructed her to “give me a name if you find yourself again in NY.” She signed it, “Love, Melania.” Maxwell was convicted on sex-trafficking costs in 2021 and is serving a 20-year sentence. Melania Trump mentioned she had a “informal” e-mail correspondence in her assertion.
“My e-mail reply to Maxwell can’t be categorized as something greater than informal correspondence,” Melania Trump mentioned. “My well mannered reply to her e-mail does not quantity to something greater than a trivial be aware.”
The primary girl mentioned the primary time she met Epstein was in 2000 at an occasion she and Donald Trump attended. She mentioned that “pretend photos and statements” about her and Epstein have been circulating on social media for years now.
“Be cautious about what you imagine,” she mentioned. “These photos and tales are fully false.”
She additionally mentioned she by no means visited Epstein’s island or flew on Epstein’s non-public aircraft.
“The lies linking me with the disgraceful Jeffrey Epstein want to finish immediately,” she mentioned.
