In April, when First Lady Melania Trump gave a speech about the Jeffrey Epstein scandal and the Trump family’s ties to the late sex criminal, the move surprised Washington. The first lady was publicly siding with victims, and by implication, a bipartisan rebellion in Congress against the Trump administration, which had spent months resisting the release of the full Epstein files.
Now, a top adviser to the first lady has more details on what motivated her move to speak out.