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Melania Trump blasts 'lies' linking her to Epstein and calls on Congress to hold hearing for victims
- On Thursday, April 9, 2026, First Lady Melania Trump delivered a White House statement denying any friendship or relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, rejecting circulating claims as "lies."
- The unannounced address followed federal authorities releasing millions of pages of documents under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which included a 2002 email exchange with Maxwell that Trump dismissed as "casual correspondence."
- Trump denied that Epstein introduced her to President Donald Trump, stating she met her husband by chance at a New York City party in 1998 and only attended the same parties occasionally due to overlapping social circles.
- During her remarks, Trump called on Congress to hold public hearings for survivors to testify under oath, a request that Rep. Robert Garcia of the House Oversight Committee immediately supported.
- Garcia urged Chairman James Comer to schedule hearings immediately, creating pressure on the committee to secure survivors' accounts for the congressional record regarding the Epstein files.
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Donald Trump actually wanted to pay as little attention as possible to the scandal surrounding Jeffrey Epstein. Now, his wife of all places the affair back into the media spotlight.
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Melania Trump in unusual White House statement: 'the lies linking me with the disgraceful Jeffrey Epstein need to end today'
First lady Melania Trump is denying ties to Jeffrey Epstein and knowledge of his sex crimes, saying Thursday that the “stories are completely false” and calling accusations that she was somehow involved “smears about me.” Reading an extraordinary statement at the White House, Melania Trump said she and her attorneys were fighting back against “unfound and baseless lies” in regards to her connections to the late financier, a convicted sex offende…
·New York, United States
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