Melania Trump addressed the public, denying any friendship or relationship with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. She dismissed online rumors suggesting that Epstein had introduced her to Donald Trump.

First lady Melania Trump denied she had any relationship with Jeffrey Epstein in an extraordinary address from the White House on Thursday and dismissed online speculation that the disgraced financier and sex offender introduced her to Donald Trump. “I have never been friends with Epstein,” she said.