Daily Beast pulls story alleging Melania-Epstein connection after lawyers dispute framing
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The Daily Beast retracted an article about Michael Wolff's allegations linking Melania Trump to Jeffrey Epstein through modeling connections after legal challenge.
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Wolff initially made the scandalous allegations in an interview with Daily Beast chief content officer Joanna Coles for The Daily Beast Podcast, Saturday. The two were discussing Trump’s alleged connections with the disgraced New York financier. The two were friends for many years, but ultimately had a falling out. The president claimed Tuesday that Epstein had been stealing staff from his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida. Epstein killed himself in a Manhattan prison while awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking of minors charges. Wolff claimed Melania was "very involved in this Epstein relationship."
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