Melania Trump says she has no ties to Jeffrey Epstein and his colleague Ghislaine Maxwell. Two emails may shed some light on this issue.
First Lady Melania Trump denies relationship with Jeffrey Epstein
First lady Melania Trump has denied any relationship with Jeffrey Epstein or Ghislaine Maxwell.
WASHINGTON – First lady Melania Trump on April 9 denounced a “false smear” that falsely linked her to Jeffrey Epstein and denied any relationship with Ghislaine Maxwell, an alleged sex trafficker or co-defendant serving a 20-year sentence for collaborating with Epstein.
But about 24 years ago, Maxwell received an email from someone named “Melania.”
According to a PDF of an email uploaded to the Justice Department’s vast trove of Epstein files, “Melania” exchanged messages with a person named “Gl” at 7:40 p.m. on October 23, 2002, which were made public after Congress forced the department to release them.
“How are you, GI? Lovely story about JE in NY magazine. Looks great in the photo,” wrote a woman who identified herself as Melania. “I know you must be very busy traveling all over the world, but how was Palm Beach?”
“I can’t wait to get off,” the “Melania” writer added. “Call me when you get back to New York. Have a great time. I love you, Melania.”
The names of both senders and recipients are blacked out, even though the Justice Department has promised to be as transparent as possible in the compilation of the files. In February, in response to criticism of some of the victims’ names included in the file, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said the Justice Department was doing its best to “unredact all non-victim names.”
However, in a reply dated January 1, 2003, a person named G. Max replied to “Melania”‘s email saying, “Sweet Pea, thank you for your message. Actually, plans have changed again and I’m heading back to New York.”
“I’m leaving again on Friday so sadly I don’t think I’ll have time to see you yet,” GMax wrote. “But I’ll call you. Please stay well.”
Epstein’s friends and associates referred to him as JE in many of the correspondence contained in the more than 3 million-page file, and Epstein often said the same thing in messages he wrote. Maxwell is also referred to by the acronym GI in some files.
Over the years, at least one photo of Melania Trump, Epstein, Maxwell and President Donald Trump together has been widely circulated. This photo is also included in the Department of Justice’s files.
President Trump said on April 9, “Let me be clear: I have no connection whatsoever to Epstein or his accomplice Maxwell.”
Trump added: “My email response to Mr. Maxwell cannot be classified as anything more than casual communication.” “My polite reply to her email was just a note.”
Trump also said in a White House statement that people were trying to “defame” her reputation by pushing “lies” about her and Epstein, who died by suicide in a Manhattan jail in 2019 after being arrested on federal sex trafficking charges.
President Trump said on April 9 that he had “no knowledge of Epstein’s abuse of his victims,” adding that he was not friends with Epstein, had never flown on Epstein’s private plane or visited his private island. Trump also said that Epstein did not introduce him to Donald Trump. The first lady called on Congress to take further action regarding Mr. Epstein, a convicted sex offender who died in prison while awaiting sex trafficking charges, and his associates.
In recent years, a number of women have come forward to say that Epstein trafficked them for sex as children or adults, but sex trafficking charges were never prosecuted.
“There should be a day when each woman can tell her story in public if she wants,” President Trump said.
