Melania Trump stages bizarre announcement denying links to Jeffrey Epstein despite evidence

About this episode

Jen Psaki discusses Melania Trump's unexpected denial of any relationship with Jeffrey Epstein amidst contradicting evidence.

Jen Psaki wonders at the motivation of First Lady Melania Trump to make a sudden, surprise speech denying any past relationship with notorious sex trafficking pedophile and Donald Trump's long-time friend, Jeffrey Epstein and his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell. The first lady even went so far as to make denials that are directly contradicted by evidence in the public domain. Why? And why now?

People in this episode

Host: Jen Psaki

Topics covered

• Melania Trump
• Jeffrey Epstein
• political motivations
• public statements
• denial of allegations

Keywords

• Melania Trump
• Jeffrey Epstein
• denial
• speech
• politics
• Ghislaine Maxwell
• evidence

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Organizations: Donald Trump

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