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Melania Trump denies ties to Epstein in out-of-the-blue statement 99%
4/10/2026, 12:29:00 AM
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Reading a surprising statement at the White House on Thursday afternoon, First Lady Melania Trump denied having ties to Jeffrey Epstein or any knowledge of his crimes.
The lies linking me with the disgraceful Jeffrey Epstein need to end today.
I have never had any knowledge of Epstein 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.
It was not immediately clear what prompted the First Lady to speak out about this issue now.
The seemingly out-of-the-blue message came as her husband, President Donald Trump, and his administration had finally seemed to move past more than a year of controversy surrounding Epstein, especially as the Iran war had become all consuming in Washington.
Her statement came a day after the Department of Justice indicated that former Attorney General Pam Bondi will not appear for a scheduled deposition next week before a House committee investigating how the government handled its investigation into Epstein.
A spokeswoman for the House Oversight Committee said Wednesday that Bondi, who was ousted by President Trump last week, will not appear for the deposition {quote} "since she is no longer Attorney General and was subpoenaed in her capacity as Attorney General."
Bondi has faced scrutiny for how the Justice Department handled what are known as the Epstein files.
The department's release of millions of case files on Epstein contained multiple errors and ran behind a deadline set by Congress.
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