US EditionMelania Trump’s Epstein Statement Stunned White House Aides but Was in Keeping with a First Lady Who Does Her Own Thing
Melania Trump said she never had a relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and declined questions during a tightly controlled White House statement.
- First Lady Melania Trump stunned White House aides on Thursday by delivering an unprompted, six-minute statement in the Cross Hall, where she denied any personal relationship or connection to Jeffrey Epstein.
- Her decision was driven by a monthslong fixation on internet speculation and press coverage regarding her past proximity to Epstein, according to sources familiar with the matter.
- Resurfaced correspondence from the Epstein files includes friendly email exchanges where Melania Trump signed messages "Love, Melania," and Ghislaine Maxwell responded by calling her "sweet pea."
- On Friday, President Donald Trump defended his wife's decision, telling The New York Times that "she had a right to talk about it," though he personally questioned the approach.
- These remarks push the Epstein controversy back into the political spotlight, complicating administration efforts to move past the topic while focusing on foreign engagements in Venezuela and against Iran.
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Melania Trump’s Epstein remarks stunned White House aides but was in keeping with a first lady who does her own thing
With war raging and midterms on the horizon, the White House seemed to have finally shaken the Jeffrey Epstein saga that plagued the first year of Donald Trump’s second term. But for first lady Melania Trump, the Epstein story was still all consuming.
Why Did Melania Trump Deny Epstein Allegations No One Knew About?
Source: Alex Wong / Getty Right now, First Lady Melania Trump has people across the nation scratching their heads, wondering why she called a White House press conference to publicly deny allegations of involvement with late billionaire child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein that, apparently, nobody even knew about until she brought them up. “I have never been friends with Epstein. Donald and I were invited to the same parties as Epstein from tim…
Melania Trump breaks silence in rare White House appearance as Epstein questions resurface
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Melania Trump delivered an unusual public statement from the White House this week, rejecting any suggestion she had ties with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein and calling the claims damaging and untrue.
White House chaos and dysfunction reign in odd back-to-back incidents
The Jeffrey Epstein scandal had largely faded from public view in recent weeks, especially as attention turned to the war in Iran, but it made an unexpected comeback on Thursday afternoon in strange fashion. First lady Melania Trump delivered surprise remarks from the White House in which she…
Melania Trump just walked into the White House briefing room to deny she ever knew Jeffrey Epstein, and nobody, not even her own staff, knew it was coming
Melania Trump just walked into the White House briefing room to deny she ever knew Jeffrey Epstein, and nobody, not even her own staff, knew it was coming Several of her own aides gathered to watch the statement in the Grand Foyer, and didn’t know what she was going to say beforehand. Fox News’s senior […] The post Melania Trump just walked into the White House briefing room to deny she ever knew Jeffrey Epstein, and nobody, not even her own st…
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