WATCH: First lady Melania Trump denies any ties to Jeffrey Epstein and calls for survivors’ testimony

Photo: First Lady Melania Trump delivers remarks at the Fostering the Future Together Global Coalition Summit, Tuesday, March 24, 2026, at the U.S. State Department in Washington D.C. Photo credit: Official White House photo by Andrea Hanks via Flickr. US government work. Article by Collin Binkley, AP and Will Weissert, AP. PBS News – updated on April 9, 2026. Source: AP News.

WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Melania Trump is denying ties to Jeffrey Epstein and knowledge of his sex crimes, saying Thursday that the “stories are completely false” and calling accusations that she was somehow involved “smears about me.” Reading an extraordinary statement at the White House, Melania Trump said she and her attorneys were fighting back against “unfound and baseless lies” in regards to her connections to the late financier, a convicted sex offender who leveraged connections to the rich, powerful and famous to recruit his victims and cover up his crimes. […]

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