Overview
- The Daily Beast issued a public apology and confirmed it removed both a July article and a portion of a podcast episode that referenced the First Lady.
- An updated editor’s note says the podcast segment from 'Trump’s Epstein Scandal Can’t Stop Won’t Stop' was taken down in response to a letter from her attorneys.
- Melania Trump shared the apology on X and points to her 2024 memoir as the definitive account of how she met President Trump.
- The article was based on remarks by Michael Wolff; he did not respond to new requests for comment and previously told Fox News Digital he had nothing to do with the article.
- Her legal team has pressed others to retract similar claims, prompting a James Carville apology and a reported threat to sue Hunter Biden over comments repeating Wolff's allegations.