After Harper Collins claimed that Melania Trump met Donal Trump through Jeffrey Epstein, first lady Melania Trump made it clear this naked aggression shall not stand. In response, Harper Collins posted this statement: “HarperCollins UK recently published a book by Andrew Lownie titled Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York. We have, in consultation with the author, removed passages of the book that referenced unverified claims about the First Lady of the United States Melania Trump. Copies of the book that include those references are being permanently removed from distribution. HarperCollins UK apologizes to the First Lady.”
… In his book, Lownie examined Prince Andrew’s ties to infamous financier Jeffrey Epstein, and alleged that Donald Trump had introduced the current president to Melania, per Fox News. Representatives for Melania Trump rejected the claim and pointed to her book which stated she met her husband in 1998 at the Kit Kat Club in New York City. She said she had not been introduced by Epstein.
This comes after the Daily Beast retracted an article that made similar claims, later issuing an apology to Melania Trump. “The Daily Beast recently published a story headlined ‘Melania Trump ‘Very Involved’ in Epstein Scandal: Author’ based on an interview with Michael Wolff. Upon reflection, we have determined that the article did not meet our standards and has therefore been removed from our platforms.”
The statement continued, “In response to a letter from the first lady’s attorneys, The Daily Beast has also removed a portion of an episode of The Daily Beast Podcast titled ‘Trump’s Epstein Scandal Can’t Stop Won’t Stop’ referencing the first lady. The first lady points to her bestselling book ‘Melania’ as the definitive account of her life story. We apologize to the first lady and our readers.”