{"id":37613,"date":"2026-04-09T21:05:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T21:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/09\/melania-trump-denies-close-ties-to-jeffrey-epstein-in-rare-public-statement-npr\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T21:05:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T21:05:21","slug":"melania-trump-denies-close-ties-to-jeffrey-epstein-in-rare-public-statement-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/09\/melania-trump-denies-close-ties-to-jeffrey-epstein-in-rare-public-statement-npr\/","title":{"rendered":"Melania Trump denies close ties to Jeffrey Epstein in rare public statement &#8211; NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMif0FVX3lxTE8yT01YOFFUd1hGMXZSN0lsWF94NmdrZ0JTdGNoYkdmLWxPMGRmQ3FBUkVYLVdEREVxYm1EcjNQOXFOclNRMTFCOWlJemFvUHNucEtITzh6Y3NBTFBpcFc4Ul9SU3VfTk9DMUhVV0w3STJiUVZ0Mkp5clFWMnJuTzQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Melania Trump denies close ties to Jeffrey Epstein in rare public statement<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">NPR<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiiAFBVV95cUxQazRUWEtPV2pvQWxaYndfTjhrdjNmMXVpdlljYThzamJzb2N1R0cyWW4tSV9HdEVfZ0ZrUzdaaDVNUGk5WFVpZXZnaGJFQktrangyQngxRS1TZXlKRzd2WkNTVjRPVHc4WVNtcEFESlFtZE9FUVJLQWgza0t3alVGdUozNXdoWWZ1?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Melania Trump Says She Was Not a Victim of Jeffrey Epstein<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMif0FVX3lxTFA1dWdDR2YtNU1qRlI5cUF5Tk9JM0hoMi1TeXhsWnBDNlM2YjJMQjdrZjdmNlVrbjNLTmZ2bmExeGlhTXpFdkpTWnlDTUQwMTNFZXI0Q09yRWp1TUZhMkJVQi1KQ2RrNnU1UW95cmZya1VaZHdzbTg5Q2p2ZGtqQXM?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Melania says her piece about Epstein \u2013 doth the lady protest too much?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Guardian<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikAFBVV95cUxQelpjeEdtc29jTnlxWE9aLUprNHZzbldvN1dBX2hrWjJQZGEwZDJHREJJNFdxRlRjMTFkcUlNMTRrckJDUVRPSDhPRGRZSkNaTG45Z3R4VzZUYTJ0bDZlX011M19UMHZrV1NOYjFpNHBqTHJ4SG1BeVJ0NUx0M0I5amI3NUFZY0gxREhSaWhPRTI?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Melania Trump denies all but \u201ccasual\u201d ties to Epstein and Maxwell<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">MS NOW<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMizwFBVV95cUxQU2dkTDEydWkzcFVkeUpUT0VjVXUxa2pzNEV1WU5qUnBTSWRGa0FFVjZQWENVVnVCeldPVFoxc2ZXRzVZQUdmUXUwT1JfUUxJbVRIb0JQQm14N21pMlAyaDdqZVZKZENTVmh3eVFjbDU4UXNycm12eEkxZ0pkeHFJdXRzeUktTzZKLWIzdnFPSlRkSkVoMExMeC1HQUpQRmtnN0FvNlQzaUN2RDNoODRGamJYWFBGblFWWGR6NXZldWlZY2pUNHlTNTRqQ0JWbFk?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Melania Trump delivers statement at the White House denying knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein\u2019s crimes<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">WTOP<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Melania Trump denies close ties to Jeffrey Epstein in rare public statement&nbsp;&nbsp;NPR Melania Trump Says She Was Not a Victim of Jeffrey Epstein&nbsp;&nbsp;The New York&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/09\/melania-trump-denies-close-ties-to-jeffrey-epstein-in-rare-public-statement-npr\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37613\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}