Melania Trump was accused in Washington on Friday of shifting the burden of justice onto Jeffrey Epstein's survivors after the first lady used a surprise White House appearance to urge Congress to hold public hearings with victims and to insist she had 'no connections whatsoever' to the disgraced financier.
The backlash followed Melania Trump's unexpected intervention in the long-running Epstein saga on Thursday morning, when she appealed to lawmakers to schedule hearings for survivors 'as soon as possible.' She framed the appearance, delivered from the White House briefing room, as a call for transparency and justice.
