Epstein Survivors Issue Bizarre Response to Melania Trump’s Statement – RedState
Epstein survivors issued a bizarre response Thursday to First Lady Melania Trump’s categorical denial of any connection to sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein and her call for Congress to grant the victims a protected public hearing.
As RedState’s Teri Christoph reported, the First Lady released an official statement in which she strongly denied any connection to the convicted sex offender. Ms. Trump delivered a detailed rebuttal, on camera, to years of “petty” smears linking her to Epstein or his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell.
“I was never friends with Epstein. Donald and I were invited to the same parties as Epstein from time to time, as overlap in social circles is common in New York and Palm Beach,” she said. “To be clear, I never had any relationship with Epstein or his accomplice, [Ghislaine] Maxwell.”
Mrs. Trump went on to emphasize that she had no knowledge of Epstein’s crimes. She had also never visited her island or been on a plane. And she stressed that she never appeared in any court documents or FBI interviews related to the case. Trump called Epstein’s actions “repugnant” and demanded the false narratives stop.
A statement from First Lady Melania Trump https://t.co/BjiLZMdaKM
– First Lady Melania Trump (@FLOTUS) April 9, 2026
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Survivor Coalition Fights Back
The First Lady would also urge Congress to provide victims with a protected public platform.
For some reason, requiring an open forum like that would, as Mrs. Trump said, give “every woman…her day to tell her story in public,” has triggered a response that seems rather absurd.
In a joint letter released hours later, representatives of a coalition of Epstein survivors and members of Virginia Giuffre’s family flatly rejected Trump’s remarks, insisting that his comments were “a deflection of responsibility, not justice.”
“First Lady Melania Trump is now shifting the burden onto survivors under politicized conditions that protect those in power: the Justice Department, law enforcement, prosecutors, and the Trump administration, which has still not fully complied with the Epstein Files Transparency Act,” the group asserts.
BREAKING: Epstein Survivors Aren’t Buying Melania’s Comments. In a statement, they say survivors “have already shown extraordinary courage in coming forward, filing reports, and testifying. Asking more of them now is a deflection of responsibility, not justice. First Lady… pic.twitter.com/qMWRnso5MV
– Jim Acosta (@Acosta) April 9, 2026
It’s absurd. And to be clear, this is not a criticism of the survivors or victims, but rather a criticism of whoever represents them and allowed this statement to be made public. It’s clear they didn’t listen to Melania’s remarks and rushed to politicize them themselves.
The First Lady did the exact opposite of what the letter claims. Far from dodging her responsibilities, she explicitly offered to help the survivors by demanding that they finally be heard.
“She offered to help them. She said they should be heard. She advocated for them. This is such a bizarre response,” political commentator PolitiBunny, of our sister site Twitchy, wrote on X.
She offered to help them.
She said they should be heard.
She defended them.This is such a weird answer. https://t.co/bWiWaqHkqE
– Le🐰FOO (@PolitiBunny) April 9, 2026
In short, using her platform, she has done much more than some other people with the ability to help their cause.
“I call on Congress to provide Epstein’s female victims with a public hearing specifically focused on survivors,” Ms. Trump said. “Give these victims the opportunity to testify under oath before Congress with the power of sworn testimony.”
“Every woman should have her day to tell her story in public, if she chooses. And then her testimony should be permanently recorded in the congressional record,” she added.
“Then, and only then, will we have the truth.”
I don’t know how this amounts to “deflection of responsibility”. This is a direct demand for accountability.
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