https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c3ex07l1qvpo<\/a><\/p>\n The rare public statement could be described as having two parts: a legal defamation warning, and a call for transparency.<\/p>\n The First Lady read a prepared statement in which she completely denied any connection with Jeffrey Epstein, including the widely circulated claim (by Democrats) that Epstein originally introduced Melania to the President. \u201cMy attorneys and I have fought these baseless lies with success, and will continue to maintain my sound reputation without hesitation. To date, several individuals and organizations have been legally obligated to publicly apologize and retract their lies about me, including the Daily Beast, James Carville, and Harper Collins UK.\u201d<\/p>\n It\u2019s true. Last August, for instance, Democrat operative James \u201cRagin\u2019 Cajun\u201d Carville posted a podcast video repeating Michael Wolff\u2019s debunked allegation that Melania and Trump met through Epstein\u2019s modeling agency. Melania\u2019s lawyers sent him a demand letter. Shortly thereafter, Carville opened his podcast saying, \u201cWe took a look at what they complained about, and we took down the video and edited out those comments from the episode. I also take back these statements and apologize.\u201d Womp.<\/p>\n Now all media actors are on notice. The First Lady isn\u2019t playing. Stop lying about me, or else.<\/p>\n ? But then she went further. She called for survivor hearings. In other words, for more transparency.<\/p>\n \u201cEpstein was not alone,\u201d Melania said. \u201cSeveral prominent male executives resigned from their powerful positions after this matter became widely politicized. We must work openly and transparently to uncover the truth. I call on Congress to provide the women who have been victimized by Epstein with a public hearing specifically centered around the survivors. Give these victims their opportunity to testify under oath in front of Congress with the power of sworn testimony. Each and every woman should have her day to tell her story in public if she wishes. Then her testimony should be permanently entered into the Congressional record.\u201d<\/p>\n It was exactly what the \u201csurvivor groups\u201d have been demanding. Time on the record before Congress. Representative Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) has long demanded Congressional hearings with survivors. She\u2019s been pushing the House Oversight Committee to hold exactly the kind of hearing Melania just called for. But after Melania\u2019s statement, an anonymous group of \u201csurvivors\u201d immediately pivoted to saying they don\u2019t want to testify. Yesterday\u2019s Guardian headline:<\/p>\n Now they say they\u2019ve already done their part, even though the anonymous survivors never complained when Representative Pressley demanded survivor hearings. Meanwhile, named survivors, like Lisa Phillips, went on CNN last night praising Melania\u2019s statement as \u201chuge\u201d and noting that \u201cnobody\u2019s ever said that.\u201d<\/p>\n And, just a second. I\u2019m sorry, but I must ask: what\u2019s with calling them survivors? None of the victims died. The only person who died was Jeffrey Epstein. Is that how they\u2019re survivors? They outlived Jeffrey? Oh, never mind.<\/p>\n For some reason, the BBC topped its story with a full video of Melania\u2019s statement. It\u2019s like they didn\u2019t quite know what to make of it or how to frame it. It came right out of left field. More importantly, it revived a flagging story. NBC\u2019s Garrett Haake tweeted that the speech was \u201cbreathing new life into the Epstein saga.\u201d Fox noted that Melania\u2019s statement resurrected the Epstein story \u201cjust when it finally seemed to be fading, as the country\u2019s attention is riveted on the Iran war and its shaky ceasefire.\u201d<\/p>\n The tentative media narrative is currently hinting at some kind of secret schism between Melania and Trump; a disagreement to which neither has hinted, but drawing the conclusion that Melania is somehow working against her husband, who, the media believes, would prefer the story die in prison. (For example, Reuters ran a one-sentence story headlined, \u201cTrump tells MS Now he did not \u2018know anything about\u2019 Melania\u2019s statement.\u201d)<\/p>\n I highly doubt any secret schism exists. More likely, Trump isn\u2019t ready for the Epstein story to fade out. But if Trump pushed the story, trad-media would wave it away as \u201cTrump weaponizing Epstein to distract from the Iran war.\u201d So now appears Melania, courageously calling for survivor hearings and confounding reporters.<\/p>\n Corporate media keeps framing Epstein as Trump\u2019s vulnerability. But every move the Trumps make suggests they see the story as a weapon. And weapons don\u2019t get boxed up in the attic until the threat has been vaporized<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Jeff Childers has an important piece …Pass the Popcorn Yesterday, the BBC reported an extraordinary White House statement, headlined, \u201cMelania Trump denies ties to Jeffrey Epstein and urges hearing for survivors.\u201d https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c3ex07l1qvpo The rare public statement could be described as … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/bw-1-800x455.png\")
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