Melania Trump has held a wild press conference, demanding that the supposed “lies” being spread about her in connection with Jeffrey Epstein must end.
She also called on Congress to allow open testimony from the Epstein victims, saying, “Now is the time to act.”
Reading from a prepared statement, Melania admitted that she went to the same parties as Epstein “from time to time, since overlapping in social circles is common.”
However, she claimed to have never had a relationship with the convicted sex offender Ghislaine Maxwell. This was despite a gushing email exchange between Melania and Maxwell being included in a recent dump of Epstein files.
She also insisted that Epstein did not introduce her to Donald Trump, contrary to past claims.
“I met my husband by chance at a New York Party in 1998,” she said.
But her bombshell comments - particularly urging Congress to hear the testimony of victims - are a marked shift from the President, who has been at pains to distance himself from the Epstein files and has long branded the firestorm surrounding it a “Democratic hoax.”
It is not clear what prompted the First Lady to make her statement at this time, or if she was pre-empting a potential controversy involving the now deceased sex offender.
What is clear is that all Epstein files must be released and Donald Trump must face accountability for his crimes.
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