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First lady Melania Trump denied that she had a friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein or that she had any ties to his crimes in a head-turning White House address Thursday. The big picture: The administration's handling of the Epstein files — and the president's ties to the disgraced financier — have become a months-long headache for the administration. Driving the news: "The false smears about me from mean spirited and politically motivated individuals and entities, looking to cause damage to my good name to gain financially and climb politically must stop," she said from the White House. - "I am not Epstein's victim. Epstein did not introduce me to Donald Trump," she said, adding she first "crossed paths" with…
First lady Melania Trump denied that she had a friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein or that she had any ties to his crimes in a head-turning White House address Thursday. The big picture: The administration's handling of the Epstein files — and the president's ties to the disgraced financier — have become a months-long headache for the administration. Driving the news: "The false smears about me from mean spirited and politically motivated individuals and entities, looking to cause damage to my good name to gain financially and climb politically must stop," she said from the White House. - "I am not Epstein's victim. Epstein did not introduce me to Donald Trump," she said, adding she first "crossed paths" with…Open
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The first lady made a statement to the media at the White House.
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The White House declined to comment on the timing of a statement that seems likely to once more focus attention on the Epstein case.
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Responding to what she said were smears, the first lady said she never had knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse of victims. She called on Congress to continue investigating.
“I have never had any knowledge of Epstein's abuse of his victims. I was never involved in any capacity,” the first lady said in a televised statement from the White House.
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