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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Graig Graziosi

Trump admits he didn’t know Melania planned to give remarks on Epstein but says ‘she had a right to talk about it’

President Donald Trump said it "doesn't bother" him that first lady Melania Trump gave a public address distancing herself from Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.

"It doesn't bother me," Trump told The New York Times in a phone interview Friday. "I didn't know what the statement was, but I knew she was going to make a statement."

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