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India Today
3 days ago
- Politics
- India Today
Melania is GREAT: Trump reacts to James Carville's apology over Epstein claims
US President Donald Trump on Friday, in a series of posts on his Truth Social, praised First Lady Melania Trump after Democratic strategist James Carville and the news website Daily Beast retracted content related to her and issued an apology. 'Melania is GREAT!!!' Trump wrote in a post while sharing a Daily Mail article on James Carville's public In another post, the US President shared a screenshot of the full content of the apology Carville apologised publicly on Thursday and said he received a letter from Melania Trump's lawyer about a YouTube video linked to the podcast. The video's title suggested a connection between Melania Trump and Jeffrey said he reviewed the complaint, took down the video, removed the comments from the episode, and issued an apology. Melania Trump posted a screenshot of the removed video and a transcript of Carville's apology on X.'In last week's podcast episode, we spoke with Judd Legum. After the episode, we received a letter from Melania Trump's lawyer. He took issue with our title of one of those YouTube videos from that episode and a couple of comments I made about the first lady,' Carville said in the statement.'We took a look at what they complained about, and we took down the video and edited out those comments from the episode,' he continued explaining the developments.'I also take back these statements and apologise,' Carville title of the removed video was 'James Carville: The Epstein Connection – Trump & Melania.' The original comments are no longer in a related development, the Daily Beast also removed an article last week after hearing from Melania Trump's legal team. An editor's note replaced the article, saying the outlet took down the piece after reviewing the lawyer's concerns and apologised for any confusion.'After this story was published, The Beast received a letter from First Lady Melania Trump's attorney challenging the headline and framing of the article,' read the editor's note.'After reviewing the matter, the Beast has taken down the article and apologises for any confusion or misunderstanding,' it article referred to claims by author Michael Wolff that Melania was introduced to Donald Trump by a modelling agent linked to Jeffrey Epstein. Melania has denied this and said in her 2024 memoir that she met Trump in 1998 at a Fashion Week party in New York City.- EndsTune InMust Watch IN THIS STORY#United States of America
New York Post
3 days ago
- Politics
- New York Post
Pundit James Carville apologizes and pulls video suggesting a Melania Trump ‘Epstein connection'
Democratic strategist James Carville publicly apologized Thursday for posting a video suggesting some sort of 'Epstein connection' involving first lady Melania Trump. The 80-year-old pundit issued the mea culpa at the start of his latest 'Politics War Room' podcast episode, noting that he also took down and edited the offending video after hearing from the first lady's attorney. 3 Melania Trump has aggressively defended herself from allegations she was introduced to her husband by Jeffrey Epstein. AP 'In last week's podcast episode, we spoke with Judd Legum. After the episode, we received a letter from Melania Trump's lawyer. He took issue with our title of one of those YouTube videos from that episode and a couple of comments I made about the first lady,' Carville explained. 'We took a look at what they complained about, and we took down the video and edited out those comments from the episode,' he continued. 'I also take back these statements and apologize,' Carville, sounding like he was reading a prepared statement, added. Melania shared a transcript of Carville's apology on X – along with a screenshot of the pulled video with a red 'X' across it. The YouTube clip was titled: 'James Carville: The Epstein Connection – Trump & Melania.' It's unclear what specific claims made by the former Bill Clinton campaign manager peeved the first lady's legal team since the offending comments have been scrubbed. 3 Carville noted that the edits and apology were made after he heard from Melania's lawyer. Getty Images Carville's retraction and apology follows lefty news website Daily Beast taking down a Melania story last week after the outlet was contacted by her lawyers. 'After this story was published, The Beast received a letter from First Lady Melania Trump's attorney challenging the headline and framing of the article,' read the editor's note that replaced the article's text. 'After reviewing the matter, the Beast has taken down the article and apologizes for any confusion or misunderstanding,' the note continued. 3 Melania shared Carville's apology on X. X / @MELANIATRUMP The retracted article highlighted dubious claims by author Michael Wolff that a modeling agent connected to notorious sex predator Jeffrey Epstein introduced Melania to her husband, President Trump. In her self-titled 2024 memoir, Melania explained that she met Trump at a September 1998 Fashion Week party at the Kit Kat Klub in New York City. Trump sat down next to his future wife and started a conversation, Melania recalled. 'I found myself drawn to his magnetic energy,' she wrote. The Trumps got engaged six years later and married in 2005.
