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Melania Trump tried to sweep the Epstein saga away, but she ended up reviving it
orangecrush
(30,553 posts)
Kid Berwyn
(24,551 posts)So THATs where he got it
wolfie001
(7,746 posts)
Traildogbob
(13,054 posts)Multiple lingual accent.
pwb
(12,708 posts)How many times did you redact the name ??????
diehardblue
(11,135 posts)MAGA'S to believe her!
louis-t
(24,633 posts)I think she will end up testifying if jail is the alternative. Her testimony will be full of "I don't recall" and pleading the 5th.
Solomon
(12,646 posts)gets control of it.
BumRushDaShow
(170,256 posts)patphil
(9,099 posts)agingdem
(8,889 posts)particularly when there's pics and letters to prove otherwise.. now she demanding the damning evidence be deleted and apologies given...if this was her attempt to deflect from Trump's catastrophic war I'd say she succeeded...
and while her pathetic attempt to downplay her history with the two notorious pedophiles/traffickers was a bust, she said nothing about her hubby's sleazy relationship with Epstein and Maxwell...
P.S. Melanoma... just so you know..the internet is forever!!!
jfz9580m
(17,284 posts)It was the one that caught my attention most. I would be shocked if this werent true. She was 13.
Where are those anon creeps? This has to be one of the worst stories in even this pile. Like this cannot be normalized.
The status of women is already in the fucking toilet. Just no. This
cannot..be..normalized.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/lawyer-for-donald-trump-sex-accuser-13-demands-president-testify-under-oath/
Lawyer for Trump Sex Accuser, 13, Demands President Testify Under Oath
While Melania Trump seems primarily concerned about her own reputation today, she does call for congressional hearings. We agree, said Bloom. And the man who is mentioned probably more than anyone else in the Epstein files should be subpoenaed to testify: Donald Trump.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
My own brain is reeling under outrage fatigue like most these days. But : 1) I really feel for these women who are truly screwed over by any standard and 2) logically this is kind of a line in the sand.
They are going to bring back child marriage at this rate. I dont even care often about a lot of the bs that causes firestorms of phony internet outrage I saw over the years which I actually directly tie to the loss of a kind of sensitivity in the collective zeitgeist where constant outrage about bullshit is leading to this sort of yawning normalization of truly vile behavior like this.
travelingthrulife
(5,253 posts)jfz9580m
(17,284 posts)That I have no idea about. But she may have raised it now out of alarm at a specific story I saw this March that shocked even my weary brain. If that story is pursued, I dont see how Trump can weather it.
The accuser seems like a generally truthful person. And it is hard for survivors like that to have their wits about them and to give consistent accounts.
https://www.postandcourier.com/news/epstein-victim-fbi-trump/article_21a2149f-f4a1-4351-9ac7-d12746f03a58.html
Extortion and stolen funds
At one point, her mother became aware that Epstein had nude photos of the teen from their sexual encounters and was demanding money to keep them hidden, the woman told the FBI. The victim said she had seen the photographs in his bedstand, leading to a violent encounter when he discovered her snooping.
She said his extortion demand caused her mother to steal funds from her real estate company.
A truly shameful story. (I am trying to adhere to the 3 paras rule having seen yeller disciplined over it
But the whole thing gives one a picture that made a deeper impression on me than the other stories and unfortunately I think about shit like this a lot. And sometimes try not to, which was why I was trying to stay offline.
Nancy Mace should join the dems on this. It is never going away at this point.
anamnua
(1,515 posts)Last edited Sat Apr 11, 2026, 08:03 AM - Edit history (1)
Otto Von Bismarck.
calimary
(90,193 posts)Never believe anything until it has been officially denied'
- Otto Von Bismarck.
Thats a keeper!
BattleRow
(2,498 posts)The art of the deal...consider the possibilities to parlay her knowledge.
Ghislaine could ,or has, perhaps provided TWOtorial..
calimary
(90,193 posts)All I could think of, watching her deliver her remarks was - looks like shes had work done.
Hey, I used to cover Hollywood. There was ALWAYS an undercurrent of that kind of thinking (AND doing).
BattleRow
(2,498 posts)If she divorced him,she could testify against him and in her OWN self interest.And cut FED deals ala Ghislaine.
Wives can't testify against husbands,right?
niyad
(132,777 posts)of their own volition.
niyad
(132,777 posts)seen her recently, try as I might to avoid doing so!
LeftInTX
(34,453 posts)She was brought to the US by a sleezy guy who has connections to Epstein. However, more importantly, this sleezy guy is serving in Trump's Dept of State
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paolo_Zampolli
United States Special Representative for Global Partnerships
Relationship with Jeffrey Epstein
Zampolli's social circle overlapped with that of Jeffrey Epstein. Epstein patronized Zampolli's ID Model Management, and was a partner in Zampolli's 2004 bid to purchase Elite Model Management.[31] His name appears several times in the Epstein files; in one 2011 email, Epstein warned an Emirati businessman that "zampoli [sic] is trouble".[26] Zampolli was named as one of four partners in Ghislaine Maxwell's charity, the TerraMar Project, in 2013.[32]
Zampolli moved to New York with Edit Molnar, a Hungarian model, and lived with her until at least 1996.[6] In 2002, he met Amanda Ungaro, a model from Londrina, Brazil, in Manhattan. Ungaro had earlier been brought to New York on Jeffrey Epstein's "Lolita Express" from Paris (her agent at the time was Jean-Luc Brunel, an alleged procurer for Epstein). When they met, Ungaro was 17 and Zampolli was 32.[26] According to Folha de S.Paulo, they later married, and had a son, Giovanni. The couple attended the first Trump Inauguration, where they sat at Melania's table during dinner.[27] The couple split in 2018, and permanently separated in 2021 with Zampolli claiming that a marriage never occurred.[28] Ungaro was arrested in Florida in 2025 for conducting unlicensed cosmetic surgery procedures.[29] She was subsequently deported from the United States, after Zampolli allegedly asked a senior Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) official to detain her in an effort to gain custody of their son.[26]
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niyad
(132,777 posts)Dave Bowman
(7,254 posts)BattleRow
(2,498 posts)Dave Bowman
(7,254 posts)I almost lost my drink!
madinmaryland
(65,743 posts)Definition of is.
peppertree
(23,381 posts)bucolic_frolic
(55,315 posts)because well, you know, he's not too well. She's trying to escape the whole issue.
OhioBack2Blue
(131 posts)...in front of the presidential seal. AI says the seal does not require the gold "President of the United States" around it to be official.
Makes it look like she is President.
I'm just making an observation.
COL Mustard
(8,257 posts)The weirdest fucking video Ive ever seen. What in hell was she thinking???
HighFired49
(496 posts)she's just doing her part to keep the Epstein cases in the news. Those stories and information had slowed down considerably until her stunt yesterday.
Dave Bowman
(7,254 posts)live love laugh
(16,410 posts)Aussie105
(7,971 posts)Who is her plastic surgeon?
How much money has her face cost so far?
What are the ongoing maintenance costs?
What happens later?
If she runs out of money, what will she look like in 10 years' time?
Her 'disclaimer' though, sounds about as convincing at that made by ex-prince Andrew.
Rewriting history isn't that easy.