Melania Trump says she not did not have relationship with Jeffrey Epstein

First lady denies being ‘Epstein’s victim’ and says convicted sex offender did not introduce her to Donald Trump

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First Lady Melania Trump told reporters on Thursday that she “never had a relationship” with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell.

It was unclear which specific accusations spurred the first lady to respond publicly. She delivered her scripted remarks at a podium in the same room Donald Trump used to address the nation on the war in Iran last week.