Melania Trump’s spat with Epstein: Bombshell in Ghislaine Maxwell’s emails – full text here

She said she was never close to Epstein or Ghislaine Maxwell and described her contact with Maxwell as casual. “I was never friends with Epstein. From time to time Donald and I were invited to the same parties as Epstein because overlapping social circles is common in New York,” she said.

“To be clear, I never had a relationship with Epstein or his associate Maxwell. My email responses to Maxwell can only be classified as casual communications. My polite response to her email amounted to nothing more than a trivial note,” she added.

She also denied rumors that she knew about Epstein’s crimes or visited his private island. “I know nothing about Epstein’s abuse of his victims. I was never involved in any capacity, I was not a participant, I never flew on Epstein’s plane, and I never visited his private island,” she said.

Melania said she first met Epstein in 2000 when she attended an event with Donald Trump and was unaware of his criminal activities. She also denied that she met Donald Trump through Epstein.

“I am not a victim of Epstein,” she said.

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“Dear G! How are you? Great story about JE in NY Magazine. You look great in the photos. I know you are busy flying around the world. How about Palm Beach? I can’t wait to get down there. Call me when you get back to NY. Have a great time! Love, Melania”

Maxwell allegedly responded:

“Sweet Pea – thanks for your message. Plans have actually changed again and I’m on my way back to New York now. I’m leaving again on Friday so I still don’t think I’ll have time to see you sadly. I’ll try to call though.”

Melania acknowledged the correspondence but insisted it was nothing more than casual social exchanges, consistent with the overlapping social circles common in New York City and Palm Beach at the time.

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Court records and investigations reveal that Jeffrey Epstein had ties to many powerful people in politics, business and finance. He pleaded guilty to prostitution-related charges involving minors in 2008 and was arrested again in 2019 for sex trafficking of minors. He later died in a Manhattan jail, his death ruled a suicide.

Record display trump card He flew on Epstein’s plane in the 1990s, but Epstein denied this. After Epstein was first charged, Trump reportedly told a police chief that “everybody knows he’s been doing this,” according to FBI records, according to Reuters.

Trump said he severed ties with Epstein in the mid-2000s and was unaware of his crimes.