Washington DC, 11/4: an update now one saw coming in the Jeffrey Epstein case, US First Lady Melania Trump made an out-of-the-blue announcement on Thursday, denying her close links or ‘relationship’ with the financer and sex offender. There had reportedly been no indication earlier from her office that she would speak on the matter, and the White House had not listed the topic in its daily schedule. Even President Donald Trump later said he did not know about his wife’s remarks in advance.
During her statement, Melania Trump claimed that she had only briefly crossed paths with Epstein in 2000 and never been one of his victims.
