Daily Beast Forced To Retract False Story On Melania Trump, Epstein

1 sourceUpdated Jul 1, 2026

The Daily Beast retracted a story from Wednesday which alleged first lady Melania Trump was “very involved” with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The Beast cited biographer Michael Wolff, who alleged during a Saturday…

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