00:00I am not Epstein's victim. Epstein did not introduce me to Donald Trump.
00:08Melania's speech was entirely unprecedented. It was something we've never heard a first lady
00:15do before. I was most struck in how she separated herself from the president. Very clearly she was
00:25talking about her relationship or non-existent relationship with Epstein. She did not come
00:32out and say anything about the president's relationship with Epstein, which is entirely
00:37in keeping with Melania as a very, very independent first lady.
00:48It's fashionable, it's cinematic, and I'm very proud of it.
00:53Hillary Clinton, during Whitewater, she was defensive of both herself and her husband.
01:03Jill Biden never came out and said anything publicly defending herself. Michelle Obama never
01:13did anything like this, even though both of those women were attacked in different ways,
01:18but none of them were tied to such a publicly, just really, just tawdry and completely illegal
01:29and disgusting criminal case that involves young women. And I think that's why we see Melania
01:36being so personally upset by this.
01:44I do not believe for a moment
01:49that she has done anything wrong.
01:53Hello, how are you?
01:55It's been the honor of our lives to serve as your first family.
02:01You know, it might have been a better look for her to apologize to the victims of Jeffrey Epstein.
02:08It might have been better to not make it about herself, but I think she doesn't know how to do
02:13that.
02:13It is always about herself, what she has been through.
02:17And I think consistently other first ladies have seen inherently that you have this tremendous
02:25platform, this tremendous opportunity as first lady and don't gripe about it. Like Michelle Obama,
02:32you know, was there were racist criticisms online and just absurd things written and said about her.
02:38She didn't come out and complain about it at the time, even though she had every right to.
02:44And I think that Melania kind of doesn't care that that's not what you're supposed to do.
02:49She feels angry and some people might say this is nice. She's being very honest.
03:06I have to tell you that as I stand here today with all of you and look at this amazing
03:12portrait
03:14that will hang among so many iconic figures. I am a little overwhelmed, to say the least.
03:21Oh, yeah. She seems utterly livid. She seems like this has struck such a nerve with her. I think because,
03:29you know, it involves young women. I think she doesn't want anything to do with it.
03:35Um, I mean, she's somebody who's talked about, uh, children and young girls and limiting, you know, this,
03:46this whole idea that of revenge porn, for instance, very much tied to this kind of sleazy behavior, illegal behavior.
03:55And I think that she sees it as, as smearing her name, which she said.
04:03The method of using underage minors to bring you other underage minors for sex.
04:09Isn't it true that that method resulted in you engaging in sexual activity with underage minors
04:16on an everyday basis?
04:17Say no objections.
04:19The Foreman Foundation.
04:22Okay, I'll speak again, please.
04:23Sure. Did Jeffrey Epstein have a scheme to recruit underage girls to use them for sexual massages?
04:28Objective Foreman Foundation.
04:32Um, and I think that she's done stuff like this before. I mean, in 2018, she came out and
04:38asked for the deputy national security advisor to be fired. And I think that feels like so long ago,
04:44but that was striking too, that a first lady would, would publicly ask for an administration,
04:51an administration official to be let go. That does not happen. And so she feels like she's
04:57been painted into a corner. I think some people might look at this and say, this is good that
05:02she's calling on Congress to do something and to kind of clear the air and get the facts out there.
05:08Um, she also could call on her husband to do something too. Um, if he has nothing to hide,
05:16why not? So I think, I think it's kind of a, like a lot of things, Melania, it's, it's, um,
05:23confusing because these things seem at odds with each other. If you want there to be a public
05:28hearing in Congress, then does your husband want that? Because it seems like he doesn't.
05:45I mean, you could, you could look at this and say, does she know something we don't know that's
05:51about to happen? And she wants to make it crystal clear that she has nothing to do with this.
05:55That would be logical. What is the, what was the tipping point? This is something that's been
06:00talked about for months and months and months. Why now? We don't have the answers to that. We don't
06:06know. I think she was kind of putting her stake in the ground saying, I have nothing to do with
06:11this.
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