Melania Trump Denies Close Ties To Jeffrey Epstein In Rare Public Statement - Beritaja

First woman Melania Trump listens arsenic U.S. President Donald Trump (not pictured) delivers remarks during an Independence Day subject family picnic connected the South Lawn of the White House connected July 04, 2025 successful Washington, DC. Samuel Corum/Getty Images North America

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First woman Melania Trump made a rare nationalist statement connected Thursday denying that she had adjacent ties to the precocious activity offender Jeffrey Epstein and calling connected Congress to let victims to testify.

"I americium not Epstein's victim," Melania Trump said. "Epstein did not present maine to [President] Donald Trump." It was not instantly clear why the first woman was addressing this rumor publicly. But included successful the Epstein files released by the Justice Department was a heavily redacted FBI interview that included the declare Epstein introduced the Trumps.

"I person ne'er had immoderate knowledge of Epstein's maltreatment of his victims," she continued. "I was ne'er progressive successful immoderate capacity."

The first woman asked Congress "to act" and clasp nationalist hearings allowing Epstein victims to testify.

"Epstein was not alone," Melania Trump said. "I telephone connected Congress to supply the women who person been victimized by Epstein pinch a nationalist proceeding specifically centered about the survivors. Give these victims their opportunity to attest nether oath successful beforehand of Congress."

Melania Trump made the nationalist connection from the White House successful beforehand of cameras Thursday day and did not return immoderate questions from reporters. The denial comes a time aft the DOJ said erstwhile Attorney General Pam Bondi would not look for a lawsuit earlier the House Oversight Committee connected April 14. The subpoena addressed her handling of the DOJ documents about Epstein.

Melania Trump's sanction appears successful the latest tranche of documents published astatine the extremity of January.

Donald Trump is besides mentioned successful the files, arsenic the 2 men were friends earlier falling out. The president has besides denied immoderate wrongdoing aliases knowledge of Epstein's alleged crimes. An BERITAJA investigation successful February recovered that documents naming the president were withheld from the files. Some of these files were later published.

In an apparent email to Epstein's co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell, Melania Trump complimented really Maxwell looked successful a photo, and told her to "give maine a telephone erstwhile you are backmost successful NY." She signed it, "Love, Melania." Maxwell was convicted connected sex-trafficking charges successful 2021 and is serving a 20-year sentence. Melania Trump said she had a "casual" email correspondence successful her statement.

"My email reply to Maxwell cannot beryllium categorized arsenic thing much than casual correspondence," Melania Trump said. "My polite reply to her email doesn't magnitude to thing much than a trivial note."

The first woman said the first clip she met Epstein was successful 2000 astatine an arena she and Donald Trump attended. She said that "fake images and statements" about her and Epstein person been circulating connected societal media for years now.

"Be cautious about what you believe," she said. "These images and stories are wholly false."

She besides said she ne'er visited Epstein's land aliases flew connected Epstein's backstage plane.

"The lies linking maine pinch the disgraceful Jeffrey Epstein request to extremity today," she said.