The Daily Beast publicly apologized to first lady Melania Trump last week for publishing an article alleging a modeling agent connected to notorious sex predator Jeffrey Epstein introduced her to her husband, President Trump.
The article, headlined, “Melania Trump ‘Very Involved’ in Epstein Scandal: Author,” was retracted in July after the lefty outlet was contacted by Melania’s lawyers — but the editor’s note affixed to the story at the time did not directly apologize to the first lady or address the dubious claims made by author Michael Wolff on a Daily Beast podcast, which the article was based on.
“Upon reflection, we have determined that the article did not meet our standards and has therefore been removed from our platforms,” read the updated editor’s note. “In response to a letter from the First Lady’s attorneys, The Daily Beast has also removed a portion of an episode of The Daily Beast Podcast titled ‘Trump’s Epstein Scandal Can’t Stop Won’t Stop’ referencing the First Lady. The First Lady points to her best-selling book Melania as the definitive account of her life story.
“We apologize to the First Lady and our readers.”
Melania shared the outlet’s apology on X, with the caption: “Retraction & Apology from The Daily Beast.”
Wolff — who the president criticized earlier this year as a “Third Rate Reporter … laughed at even by the scoundrels of the Fake News” — charged in an interview with “The Daily Beast Podcast” that Melania was “very involved” in Trump’s “relationship” with Epstein.
“She’s introduced by a model agent, both of whom Trump and Epstein are involved with. She’s introduced to Trump that way,” Wolff alleged. “Epstein knows her well.”
The “Fire & Fury” author’s reporting has drawn heavy skepticism from journalists, even left-wing ones, in the past.
Melania’s legal team has been on a warpath against outlets and individuals regurgitating Wolff’s dubious claims linking the first lady to Epstein.
Democratic strategist James Carville was forced to publicly apologize and scrub an episode of his “Politics War Room” podcast last month for suggesting some sort of “Epstein connection” involving the first lady, after being contacted by Melania’s lawyers.
Melania’s attorney has also threatened to sue disgraced former first son Hunter Biden — for “over $ 1 billion dollars” — for “false, defamatory, disparaging, and inflammatory statements” suggesting the first lady was introduced to the president by Epstein.
Hunter made the remarks, citing Wolff, in an interview on the YouTube show “Channel 5 with Andrew Callaghan.”
In her self-titled 2024 memoir, Melania explained that she met Trump at a September 1998 Fashion Week party at the Kit Kat Klub in New York City.
Trump sat down next to his future wife and started a conversation, Melania recalled.
“I found myself drawn to his magnetic energy,” she wrote.
The Trumps got engaged six years later and married in 2005.
