THE First Lady has made a rare public statement on Thursday addressing “lies linking me with the disgraceful Jeffrey Epstein.”
Melania Trump said she wanted to dispel the bogus stories that were circulating online that the paedophile financer introduced her to her now-husband Donald Trump.
Donald Trump and his then-girlfriend, now wife Melania, Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell at the Mar-a-Lago club, Palm Beach, Florida, February 12, 2000Credit: Getty
US First Lady Melania Trump speaks at the White HouseCredit: AFP
“The lies linking me with the disgraceful Jeffrey Epstein need to end today,” she said.
“I am not Epstein’s victim. Epstein did not introduce me to Donald Trump.”
She said fake images and stories online suggested otherwise.
“I met my husband by chance,” she said.
She went on to
“I have never had any knowledge of Epstein’s abuse of his victims, I was never involved in any capacity. I was not a participant, was never on Epstein’s plane, and never visited his private island,” she said.
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