‘I Know Why Melania Is Panicking About Epstein’

Melania Trump’s shocking White House statement denying any involvement with Jeffrey Epstein on Thursday may have been an attempt to forestall a future story, podcast host Jennifer Welch says. Welch, co-host of the I’ve Had It podcast, suggested it would be naive to give the First Lady the benefit of the doubt after she called on Congress to allow Epstein survivors to testify. “I don’t believe Melania Trump is trustworthy on anything,” Welch told The Daily Beast Podcast host Joanna Coles. “In a normal world, I wish we could just take the First Lady at her word and say, ‘OK, she wants a thorough investigation.'”