Melania Trump threatens to sue Hunter Biden for $1bn over his Jeffrey Epstein comments
The letter is said to have demanded he immediately remove the comments and issue an apology – or face legal action.
The letter, sent on August 6, referred to comments the former American president's son made in an interview on British TV.
Speaking to Andrew Callaghan on the UK's Channel 5, Hunter Biden claimed that the paedophile financier introduced Melania to her future husband.
The former US president's son, who has done a string of recent interviews speaking about his father's legacy and his own struggles with drug addiction, said it was 'beyond a doubt' that Trump and Epstein were 'very close friends'.
'They spent an enormous time together. According to [Trump's] biographer, Jeffrey Epstein introduced Melania,' Mr Biden said.
'That's how... the first lady and the president met. Yeah, according to Michael Wolff.'
Mr Wolff, an author who was given extraordinary access to the White House during Trump's first term, has written four books about the US president.
He made the claims about the Melania's links to the disgraced financier in an episode of The Daily Beast podcast that aired on July 26.
The news outlet also published an article on its website about Mr Wolff's claim – but retracted it and issued an apology after Melania Trump's attorney challenged the publication.
Mrs Trump's letter accused Mr Biden of further disseminating the claims made by Mr Wolff and causing her to suffer 'overwhelming financial and reputational harm' as a result.
It also claimed the timing of Mr Biden's comments was malicious, coming as Donald Trump faces intense scrutiny about his personal connections to Epstein after the FBI and Department of Justice said last month that the wealthy sex offender died by suicide in jail and did not possess a 'client list'.
The ruling contradicted a conspiracy theory widely maintained amongst MAGA supporters that Epstein was murdered by powerful associates to cover up for their crimes.
'The timing of this video is evident and underscores the actual malice behind the decision to publish it given the plain falsity of the statements,' the letter read.
It demanded that Mr Biden 'immediately issue a full and fair retraction of the video' and 'immediately issue an apology for the false, defamatory, disparaging, misleading, and inflammatory statements about Mrs Trump'.
Mr Biden was given until 5pm on August 7 to comply with the letter.
A source close to the matter told Fox News that he failed to meet the deadline.
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