MELANIA Trump gave her “love” to Ghislaine Maxwell before Jeffrey Epstein’s former accomplice called her a “sweet pea”, the latest batch of files related to the disgraced financier shows.
The First Lady appears to have said in a 2002 email that Maxwell looked great in a photo featured in a New York Magazine profile on the convicted paedophile.
Mrs Trump signed the message off with: “Love, Melania.”
The email was one of millions of never-before seen documents released by the US justice department on Friday.
The names of the sender and recipient of the October 23, 2002, email are redacted.
The letter reads: “Dear G! How are you? Nice story about JE in NY mag. You look great on the picture.”
In October of that year, New York Magazine published a now-infamous story which was headlined: “Jeffrey Epstein: International Moneyman of Mystery.”
The article had a full-page illustration of Epstein smiling alongside Bill Clinton in front of his private jet.
Actors Kevin Spacey and Chris Tucker boarded the aircraft behind them.
The piece also included a picture of Maxwell with Epstein at a black tie event, as well as a photo of Trump and Epstein speaking with Belgian supermodel Ingrid Seynhaeve at a Victoria’s Secret party.
The email, apparently written by Mrs Trump, continues: “I know you are very busy flying all over the world. How was Palm Beach?
“I cannot wait to go down. Give me a call when you are back in NY. Have a great time!”
It then ends with the First Lady leaving her love and regards.
It has not been confirmed that the email was sent by Mrs Trump.
Donald Trump and Melania, Maxwell and Epstein mixed in the same circles from Manhattan to Mar-a-Lago through the 1990s and early 2000s.
The US president ended his friendship with Epstein in the mid-2000s and banned him from Mar-a-Lago over “creepy” behaviour toward young female employees.
The new bombshell files also showed that a writer called “G. Max” later replied to “Melania”.
The response reads:
“Sweet pea. Thanks for your message. Actually plans changed again and I am now on my way back to NY.
“I leave again on Fri so I still do not think I have time to see you sadly. I will try and call though.”
The message is signed off: “Keep well. Gx.”
More than 2,000 videos and 180,000 images are included in the latest batch – which comes six weeks after a deadline mandated in a law signed by Donald Trump.
The justice department has blamed the delay on having to redact anything that could risk identifying victims.
Bombshell docs showed that Epstein arranged for a “beautiful, trustworthy” 26-year-old Russian woman to meet Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.
Other files appeared to show that Elon Musk scheduled a visit to Epstein’s private Caribbean island in January 2014.
And separate documents claimed that Bill Gates contracted a sexually transmitted disease from “Russian girls” and asked for antibiotics to secretly give to his then-wife, Melinda.
The allegations have not been verified and are strongly denied by Gates.
Epstein killed himself in a New York jail in 2019 while facing charges for sex trafficking of minors.
His accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell is serving a 20-year term for sex trafficking and related crimes.
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