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Joinfortmill

(21,262 posts)
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 07:03 PM 16 hrs ago

This may be what the Melania Presser was about today...

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/author-michael-wolff-files-suit-melania-trump-jeffrey-epstein-threat-rcna239257

'Author Michael Wolff has sued first lady Melania Trump, charging that she threatened a $1 billion legal action against him to stop him from reporting and writing about her alleged ties to Jeffrey Epstein.

"Mrs. Trump's claims are made for the sole purpose of harassing, intimidating, punishing or otherwise maliciously inhibiting Mr. Wolff's free exercise of speech," said the suit, which was filed Tuesday in New York Supreme Court in Manhattan"....

Trump has been aggressive in pushing back against what her lawyers describe as false reports linking to her Epstein, and her office said in a statement Wednesday that she "is proud to continue standing up to those who spread malicious and defamatory falsehoods as they desperately try to get undeserved attention and money from their unlawful conduct."
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This may be what the Melania Presser was about today... (Original Post) Joinfortmill 16 hrs ago OP
Recommended. H2O Man 16 hrs ago #1
I'm surprised Patel and DOJ didn't arrest him on bogus charges............... Lovie777 16 hrs ago #2
She "is proud to continue standing up to those who spread malicious and defamatory falsehoods." Doodley 16 hrs ago #3
If she is so 'proud'... OldBaldy1701E 2 hrs ago #22
OFFS, Mel. sheshe2 16 hrs ago #4
She is afflicted with the same symptoms her husband has...ME, ME, ME MEism Deuxcents 15 hrs ago #9
You are right about that. sheshe2 15 hrs ago #10
They have weaved a web of lies for so long, the story changes each time they're confronted because Deuxcents 14 hrs ago #11
'Oh what a tangled web we weave/ When first we practice to deceive ' sheshe2 14 hrs ago #12
This has been going on for quite awhile now, has something new come to light? Bev54 15 hrs ago #5
My guess discovery and evidence Joinfortmill 15 hrs ago #8
So I hope that means she has finally been served papers Bev54 12 hrs ago #18
That makes sense. yellow dahlia 12 hrs ago #19
Wolf filed his suit more than five months ago onenote 15 hrs ago #6
Likely taking statements, discovery, etc. Joinfortmill 15 hrs ago #7
The lawyers for Melania (and Chump) will never allow discovery FakeNoose 13 hrs ago #13
Maybe her son is having trouble with bullies in school? Attilatheblond 13 hrs ago #15
Her emails to Maxwell are in the public domain wolfie001 13 hrs ago #14
Kick dalton99a 13 hrs ago #16
Her making a statement on camera poli-junkie 13 hrs ago #17
The pressor was about CYA Randomthought 12 hrs ago #20
Did Epstein cuck Trump? LudwigPastorius 11 hrs ago #21
READ THIS: AverageOldGuy 2 hrs ago #23
George Conway was on Dean Obeidallah's show barbtries 38 min ago #24

Doodley

(11,943 posts)
3. She "is proud to continue standing up to those who spread malicious and defamatory falsehoods."
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 07:21 PM
16 hrs ago

Yet she never speaks up against the lies and the nasty smears about other people, spread by her husband. Obama wasn't born in Hawaii. Ted Cruz's dad has something to do JFK's assassination. Yes, this is all about playing the victim in the face of the truth about their relationship with Epstein. She is a despicable human being.

OldBaldy1701E

(11,222 posts)
22. If she is so 'proud'...
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 08:45 AM
2 hrs ago

Then, let's see what is being said.

If it is false, then it will be easily proven through discovery.

If not...

sheshe2

(97,719 posts)
4. OFFS, Mel.
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 07:22 PM
16 hrs ago
she "is proud to continue standing up to those who spread malicious and defamatory falsehoods as they desperately try to get undeserved attention and money from their unlawful conduct."


Why don't you stand up for the victims of Eps and TSF's rapes.

Deuxcents

(27,077 posts)
11. They have weaved a web of lies for so long, the story changes each time they're confronted because
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 08:33 PM
14 hrs ago

They can’t remember which lie goes to which issue and which one they used last.

Bev54

(13,450 posts)
18. So I hope that means she has finally been served papers
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 10:36 PM
12 hrs ago

She has been avoiding it for months.

FakeNoose

(41,791 posts)
13. The lawyers for Melania (and Chump) will never allow discovery
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 09:31 PM
13 hrs ago

When Melania gives her deposition she will need to swear under oath to tell the truth. Chump's lawyers could never allow that, for obvious reasons. They KNOW how guilty he is, and she can spill the beans.

Attilatheblond

(8,976 posts)
15. Maybe her son is having trouble with bullies in school?
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 09:38 PM
13 hrs ago

She really needs to stop Wolf from publishing. Barron is kinda tall to disappear into witness protection hiding from peer comments about his momma bear.

Lots of luck with that Ms Einstein Visa!

wolfie001

(7,738 posts)
14. Her emails to Maxwell are in the public domain
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 09:32 PM
13 hrs ago

Very chummy. Very familiar. All those pics with the 4 of them together. She's pathetic.

poli-junkie

(1,574 posts)
17. Her making a statement on camera
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 10:12 PM
13 hrs ago

reminds me of when she went on camera to support her campaigning husband that his “grab ‘em by the pussy” audio on the bus was just “locker room talk”

T-rump is pushing her once again to get out in front of the slime that is T-rump and the Epstein Class.

LudwigPastorius

(14,784 posts)
21. Did Epstein cuck Trump?
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 11:31 PM
11 hrs ago

Did he make him sit in a chair in the corner with a ball gag in his mouth?

Hey, I'm just asking questions here.

AverageOldGuy

(3,932 posts)
23. READ THIS:
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 09:25 AM
2 hrs ago

From the "Lawyers, Guns, and Money" blog.

https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/04/why-is-melania-trump-suddenly-making-a-big-deal-about-the-fact-that-she-never-had-anything-at-all-to-do-with-jeffrey-epstein




Amid all the rest of the madness, the first lady of the evening held a press conference completely out of the blue yesterday, at which she robotically stumbled through a statement in which she claimed not to have ever had any relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. She attacked the very many stories linking her to Epstein (if there were a photo of myself while obviously eight miles high, posing for the cameras with Epstein and his procuress at a high-profile public event, I would make it a policy not to speak of the whole subject unless under subpoena, but whatever), denied she had been victimized by Epstein or that he had introduced her to her current husband, and, most curiously, called for public hearings for Epstein’s victims.

Nobody, including the best-connected propagandists inside the right wing scream machine, had any explanation for this development. Mrs. Trump wasn’t reacting to a new story, nor did it appear she was trying to get ahead of something that was about to break, although apparently there’s a book coming out in Merrie Olde Ynglande next week about the pervert formerly known as Prince Andrew, which contains a quote from Epstein in 2007, in which he said he had carnal knowledge of Melania before she ever met Donald Trump. But that seems like a weird thing to bring more attention to via this inexplicable stunt.

So, as Nice Guy Eddie might put it, why doesn’t somebody tells us what’s really going on here?

Which brings us to Amanda Ungaro, a Brazilian former model, and apparently a long-standing close friend of Melania and her family.

Amanda was married to wealthy Trump supporter, Paolo Zampolli, who owned a modeling agency known for bringing in young women from Eastern Europe with dubious visa arrangements. Zampolli is rumored to have secured the original visa for young Melania. He is currently on the new Kennedy Center Board of Trustees.



There is more, much more, at the link.

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barbtries

(31,317 posts)
24. George Conway was on Dean Obeidallah's show
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 10:52 AM
38 min ago

his theory is that she knows that some really bad information is going to be revealed soon, but also said, "I don't know."

On a different stream, possibly Stephanie Miller, it was said that her standing in front of the seal of the president is a big no-no and has never happened before. it doesn't matter much to me because her husband has destroyed any residue of "respect for the office" but it only shows to me that she's fucking ignorant, everyone at the WH is fucking ignorant, they never learned about it.

i don't think she did herself any favors by pulling this stunt.

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