Melania Trump assaults Jeffrey Epstein claims

First girl Melania Trump on Thursday blasted what she described as an array of false claims about her and infamous intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein.

“I’m not Epstein’s sufferer,” Melania Trump advised reporters in a press release on the White Home that ended with out her taking questions. “Epstein didn’t introduce me to Donald Trump.”

“I’ve by no means had any data of Epstein’s abuse of his victims,” she stated of the late intercourse offender, who was beforehand a buddy of President Trump’s. “I used to be by no means concerned in any capability. I used to be not a participant.”

“The lies linking me with the disgraceful Jeffrey Epstein want to finish immediately,” Melania Trump stated. “The people mendacity about me are devoid of moral requirements, humility, and respect. I don’t object to their ignorance, however quite, I reject their mean-spirited makes an attempt to defame my fame.”

The primary girl ended her assertion by calling on Congress to present “girls who’ve been victimized by Epstein … a public listening to particularly centered across the survivors.”

“Then, and solely then, will now we have the reality,” she stated.

It was not clear what spurred the primary girl to touch upon Epstein. Her workplace’s announcement on Wednesday that she would make a press release on the White Home on Thursday didn’t point out what she deliberate to speak about.

However in her assertion, the textual content of which the White Home later posted on-line, the primary girl acknowledged writing a heat e mail to Epstein’s now-convicted confederate Ghislaine Maxwell on Oct. 23, 2002, which referenced a New York journal profile about Epstein.

That e mail is considered one of tens of millions of paperwork associated to Epstein and Maxwell which were launched by the Division of Justice pursuant to a regulation mandating their public launch.

The e mail was posted on X on Feb. 10 in a tweet thread by Democrats on the Home Oversight and Authorities Reform Committee.

Within the New York article, President Trump stated, “I’ve recognized Jeff for fifteen years. Terrific man.”

“He is a number of enjoyable to be with,” Trump stated within the article. “It’s even stated that he likes stunning girls as a lot as I do, and lots of of them are on the youthful aspect. Little doubt about it — Jeffrey enjoys his social life.” 

In her e mail to Maxwell, Melania Trump wrote, “Expensive G! How are you? Good story about JE in NY magazine. You look nice on the image.”

“I do know you’re very busy flying everywhere in the world. How was Palm Seashore? I can’t wait to go down. Give me a name when you’re again in NY. Have a good time! Love, Melania,” she wrote.

Melania Trump, in her assertion on Thursday, stated, “To be clear, I by no means had a relationship with Epstein or his confederate, Maxwell.”

“My e mail reply to Maxwell can’t be categorized as something greater than informal correspondence,” she stated. “My well mannered reply to her e mail would not quantity to something greater than a trivial word.

The primary girl stated on additionally stated that the primary time “I crossed paths with Epstein” was in 2000 at an occasion the place she was with now-President Trump.

“On the time, I had by no means met Epstein and had no data of his prison undertakings,” Melania Trump stated.

“Faux photos and statements about Epstein and me have been circulating on social media for years now,” she stated. “Be cautious about what you consider: These photos and tales are utterly false.”

“I am not a witness or a named witness in reference to any of Epstein’s crimes,” the primary girl stated.

“My identify has by no means appeared in courtroom paperwork … sufferer statements or FBI interviews surrounding the Epstein matter,” she stated.