The Justice Department on Friday released many more files related to its investigation of Jeffrey Epstein, including a gushing exchange between Melania Trump and Epstein’s now-imprisoned sidekick, Ghislaine Maxwell.
“Dear G! How are you?” Melania began one apparent email to Maxwell, dated October 2002. “Nice story about JE in NY mag. You look great in the picture.”
New York magazine ran a story about Epstein that month in which Donald Trump indicated he knew about his former pal’s penchant for young girls.
“I’ve known Jeff for 15 years. Terrific guy,” Trump boasted. “He’s a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side.”
The correspondence between Melania Trump and Maxwell took place more than two years before the current first lady became Trump’s third wife.
In her email, Melania expressed excitement about visiting Maxwell in Palm Beach and tried to make arrangements to meet up with her as soon as she was back in New York City. Trump and Epstein owned property in both cities.
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According to the Daily Beast, which first reported on the email exchange, Maxwell responded by referring to Melania as “Sweet pea,” and sharing that a change in plans would have her back in New York for only a short time.
“I leave again on Fri so I still do not think I have time to see you sadly,” Maxwell wrote. “I will try and call though.”
The emails appear to be the first written communications between Maxwell and the future first lady, who was then still known as Melania Knauss. However, the pair were known to spend together alongside Trump and Epstein, and were photographed with the men around that same time.
Trump biographer Michael Wolff alleged in 2024 that Trump and Melania first had sex on Epstein’s private plane. The author claims Melania responded by threatening a lawsuit meant to harass and intimidate him.
Wolff — who said Epstein was a secret source for his reporting — filed a suit of his own and hopes to formally question Melania.
Friday’s long overdue document dump is said to contain more than 3 million pages pertaining to the Epstein investigation. Reporters from many media outlets spent the afternoon feverishly examining the files.
The White House has not commented on the newly released emails between Melania and Maxwell. Neither of the Trumps have been accused of illegal activity involving Epstein or his associates.
