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00:02Melania Trump on Thursday denied any friendship or relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine
00:07Maxwell and called on Congress to hold a public hearing with Epstein survivors.
00:11She delivered a six-minute live-streamed statement from the White House after the
00:15Justice Department released Epstein records. She urged Congress to allow victims to testify
00:19under oath and enter their testimony into the congressional record.
00:23Representative Robert Garcia said the call for hearings aligns with requests made for months.
00:28Trump said he did not know about the First Lady's statement beforehand.
00:32The First Lady said she met Trump in 1998 and first encountered Epstein in 2000.
00:37She denied any involvement with Epstein and said that circulating images and claims are false.
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