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In a rare offensive maneuver from the typically reserved East Wing, First Lady Melania Trump has unleashed her legal team on a barrage of publishers, podcasters, and public figures peddling unsubstantiated claims linking her to Jeffrey Epstein.
Sources close to the matter reveal that Trump’s attorneys have secured multiple high-profile retractions and apologies in recent weeks, underscoring a zero-tolerance policy against what they call “malicious, defamatory falsehoods” about her 1998 introduction to President Donald Trump.
The Epstein saga, which has simmered since the financier’s 2019 suicide in federal custody, has long cast shadows over Trump’s inner circle—given the president’s past social ties to the convicted sex offender.
But Melania Trump, who has faced no accusations of wrongdoing, is drawing a hard line.
“The true account of how the First Lady met President Trump is in her best-selling book, ‘Melania,’” a spokesman for the first lady, Nick Clemens, told reporters in a statement.
In the memoir, Trump recounts meeting her future husband at a New York City party at the Kit Kat Club in September 1998, introduced by a mutual acquaintance—not Epstein.
President Trump, speaking to reporters this week, voiced strong support for his wife’s crusade.
“Jeffrey Epstein had nothing to do with Melania and introducing,” he said emphatically.
“But they do that to demean.
They make up stories. … I told her, let’s go ahead and do it.
I let her use my lawyers.
She’s very upset about it.”
The commander-in-chief added that Melania has been “very upset” by the persistent rumors, which he described as efforts to “demean” her.
A String of Swift Retractions
The first lady’s legal blitz has produced tangible results across media landscapes.
On Monday, Melania Trump spotlighted an updated retraction from The Daily Beast on her X account—a move quickly amplified by White House allies.
The outlet pulled a July headline, “Melania Trump ‘Very Involved’ in Epstein Scandal: Author,” which stemmed from an interview with journalist Michael Wolff.
Wolff had alleged Epstein played a role in introducing the Trumps.
The article was online briefly before Trump’s lawyers intervened, “challenging the headline and framing,” per an editor’s note.
Last week, The Daily Beast escalated its response by excising a segment from its podcast “Trump’s Epstein Scandal Can’t Stop Won’t Stop” that referenced Trump and featured Wolff.
This marks the latest in a pattern of East Wing victories amid the broader White House’s more cautious handling of Epstein fallout.
The ripple effects extend internationally.
Last month, references to Melania Trump vanished from the U.S. and U.K. editions of Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York, an unauthorized biography of Britain’s Prince Andrew by historian Andrew Lownie.
An early version, reviewed by NBC News, claimed Epstein “facilitated” the Trumps’ introduction—though it stopped short of implicating her in any illicit activities.
“Several passages” were scrubbed from the U.S. edition, confirmed Lownie’s publicist, Jesse Nash, without specifying why.
A HarperCollins UK spokesperson echoed the move for the British release: “We can confirm that several passages from Entitled… have been removed in consultation with the author.”
The book, published in the U.K. on August 14 and self-released by Lownie in e-book and audiobook formats stateside, chronicles Andrew’s Epstein entanglements alongside other royal indiscretions.
It’s unclear if Trump’s team issued a formal legal notice or if publishers acted preemptively.
High-Stakes Showdown with Hunter Biden
Perhaps the most explosive front in Trump’s campaign targets prominent Democrats.
Last month, her personal attorney, Alejandro Brito, fired off a cease-and-desist letter to Hunter Biden and his lawyer, demanding a retraction and apology for comments in a recent interview.
Biden had suggested Epstein brokered the Trumps’ meeting—a claim echoing the now-debunked narratives.
The letter warned of “overwhelming financial and reputational harm,” threatening to pursue “any and all legal rights and remedies available to her” unless remedied.
Specifically, it sought damages exceeding $1 billion. As of September 17, no lawsuit has been filed, but the gauntlet remains thrown.
Hunter Biden’s retort was unfiltered: In a follow-up interview posted online, he dismissed the demand with an expletive, declaring, “f— that, not gonna happen.”
The exchange highlights deepening partisan fissures, with Epstein lore weaponized in political discourse.
Contrast this with Democratic strategist James Carville, who folded quickly.
Days before Biden’s rebuff, Carville issued an on-air apology for similar podcast remarks.
“After the episode, we received a letter from Melania Trump’s lawyer.
He took issue with our title of one of those YouTube videos… and a couple of comments I made about the first lady,” Carville explained on a follow-up show.
His team yanked the video, edited the episode, and he personally retracted the statements.
Both Trumps seized on the win: Melania reposted it on social media, while the president proclaimed, “Melania is GREAT!!!” on X.
A Shift in Strategy
This proactive stance diverges from Melania Trump’s first-term playbook, where she and her team often sidestepped controversies.
While the West Wing treads defensively on Epstein matters—given the president’s acknowledged friendship with him before their 2004 rift—the East Wing is unapologetically assertive when her name surfaces.
No evidence has ever tied Melania Trump to Epstein’s crimes.
Yet the rumors persist, fueled by figures like Wolff and opportunistic podcasters.
Her book Melania—a 2024 bestseller—serves as the definitive rebuttal, detailing a serendipitous nightclub encounter far removed from the financier’s orbit.
As the 2025 political cycle heats up, Trump’s legal salvos signal a broader message: Cross her at your peril.
With retractions piling up and threats hanging over holdouts like Hunter Biden, the first lady is rewriting the narrative—one lawsuit at a time.
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