First Lady Melania Trump issued a denial on Thursday, 9 April regarding any past relationship with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, stating that such defamatory claims must cease.⁣ ⁣ "The lies linking me with the disgraceful Jeffrey Epstein need to end today," Melania Trump said in a rare address from the White House.⁣ ⁣ She said she had never had a relationship with Epstein or his associate Ghislaine Maxwell, with whom she said she had only a casual correspondence.⁣ ⁣ #EPSTEIN #MELANIA #TRUMP #US #WHITEHOUSE #WASHINGTON #EPSTEINFILES