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douglas9

(5,217 posts)
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 12:42 PM Wednesday

Michael Wolff Launches Bombshell Lawsuit Against Melania Trump Over Epstein

The best-selling author Michael Wolff is suing Melania Trump in an unprecedented court case—after she threatened to sue him for $1 billion.

The author, who is co-host of The Daily Beast’s hit podcast, Inside Trump’s Head, is accusing the First Lady of launching an assault on his free speech and trying to stifle “legitimate inquiry” into Jeffrey Epstein.

The case is the first time Melania Trump has been sued as First Lady and appears to be the first time a president’s wife has been the subject of court action. Wolff is asking the court for permission to question Melania and Donald Trump under oath about their dealings with Epstein.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/author-launches-bombshell-lawsuit-against-melania-trump-over-epstein/

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Michael Wolff Launches Bombshell Lawsuit Against Melania Trump Over Epstein (Original Post) douglas9 Wednesday OP
EPSTEIN, MAXWELL, MALARIA! SheltieLover Wednesday #1
Bring it on malaise Wednesday #14
Hahaha! Yup! SheltieLover Wednesday #27
From here 😂😂 malaise Wednesday #31
Yes! Follow the money! SunSeeker Wednesday #32
Absolutely! SheltieLover Wednesday #55
"Did pedo freak Epstein fix you up with Trump? Answer the question?" - Prosecutors Champp Wednesday #2
under oath, not under oath barbtries Wednesday #4
My first thought. "Under Oath" is meaningless to a compulsive liar. JustABozoOnThisBus Wednesday #7
That's the first question asked to become a member of this gangster administration.....how good of a a kennedy Wednesday #25
She'll get a pardon. rubbersole Wednesday #44
Pardons aren't allowed or necessary for civil lawsuits FakeNoose Wednesday #47
Perjury is a crime. quakerboy Thursday #66
True enough ... Straw Man Wednesday #40
Yes Escurumbele Wednesday #22
Laws aren't for the 1%. None of that class will do a day in prison. BComplex Wednesday #60
Wolff is a real bad ass. They messed with the wrong guy. Klarkashton Wednesday #3
I wish we had more bad asses like that. ananda Wednesday #12
and some damn repubs. a kennedy Wednesday #26
I'd take all the independents. ananda Wednesday #50
snip: Wolff argues Passages Wednesday #5
myrmidon malaise Wednesday #33
These lackeys are giving.... reACTIONary Wednesday #63
Some more proper context: sop Wednesday #42
omg that says it all. Passages Wednesday #45
Nice meme, but I don't think Melania is doing much "running the country" FakeNoose Wednesday #46
I think the First Brat is at the White House oberle Wednesday #61
I don't know, maybe he's required to take some remedial courses before he gets into regular classes? FakeNoose Wednesday #62
She looks stoned. Joinfortmill Wednesday #57
Wow MorbidButterflyTat Wednesday #51
Me too Joinfortmill Wednesday #58
Well, this put a big ol' smile on my frowny ol' face! 50 Shades Of Blue Wednesday #6
Same here. A brief popcorn interlude in the hell-hole he's creating. nt allegorical oracle Wednesday #20
... SheltieLover Wednesday #28
Wolff lawsuit gfarber Wednesday #8
Bravo ... aggiesal Wednesday #16
Exceptional! SheltieLover Wednesday #29
Well done! Definitely one of your finest! ❤️ littlemissmartypants Wednesday #34
You ARE the poet! lastlib Wednesday #41
Very cool Joinfortmill Wednesday #59
The empress wears no clothes BaronChocula Wednesday #9
Back in the days when popsdenver Wednesday #15
I hope she's miserable BaronChocula Wednesday #17
Umm. Probably crying all the way to Tiffany's. Only way to live with tsf. allegorical oracle Wednesday #19
Plus she has a boyfriend in New York.... some people are saying. littlemissmartypants Wednesday #36
What I'm hoping is that her misery BaronChocula Wednesday #39
"You must KILL him, Doughnold - you are my House-bond!" peppertree Wednesday #53
You have a good ear BaronChocula Wednesday #54
Why, thank you Dahlink. peppertree Wednesday #56
First time a foreign asset was first lady -- likely involved in the trafficking ring bringing in girls from Eastern Euro JT45242 Wednesday #10
Both the Drumpfs are ruzzian assets. tazcat Wednesday #24
Ivana was a co-conspirator. littlemissmartypants Wednesday #37
A couple of links to Wolff lawsuit filings ificandream Wednesday #11
Well-written. May have to change my mind about Wolff. The drumpfs have called allegorical oracle Wednesday #49
Maybe the big "Aha" moment 3825-87867 Wednesday #13
It has been said that Epstein actually popsdenver Wednesday #48
Fantastic! NewEnglandAutumn Wednesday #18
GOOD. What did she know and when? She's in SO MANY Epstein photos! Maru Kitteh Wednesday #21
I wonder how much dumpie paid Epstein for Melania's first meeting? KS Toronado Wednesday #23
More of this please Johonny Wednesday #30
The Trump Whitehouse let the Wolff in back in 2017 miyazaki Wednesday #35
More power to him... ultralite001 Wednesday #38
Michael Wolff may not be everyone's favorite author but ... FakeNoose Wednesday #43
Sure hope he doesn't moonscape Wednesday #52
I hadn't heard of Michael Wolff markodochartaigh Thursday #64
Epstein asked him to write a biography of him. He spent months with him, and Scrivener7 Yesterday #67
Thank you, I will check markodochartaigh 22 hrs ago #69
EPSTEIN. MAXWELL. TRUMP. STRUMPET. Hekate Thursday #65
Wolff says he's going to start a Gofundme to help finance this lawsuit - which he is certainly Scrivener7 Yesterday #68

a kennedy

(34,695 posts)
25. That's the first question asked to become a member of this gangster administration.....how good of a
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 02:28 PM
Wednesday

liar are you???

FakeNoose

(39,130 posts)
47. Pardons aren't allowed or necessary for civil lawsuits
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 03:44 PM
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This is a lawsuit for money damages, not legal infractions.

Straw Man

(6,909 posts)
40. True enough ...
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 03:13 PM
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under oath, not under oath

nothing stops these freaks from lying.

... but lying under oath brings with it additional legal jeopardy if the lies can be proven at a later date.

BComplex

(9,652 posts)
60. Laws aren't for the 1%. None of that class will do a day in prison.
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 09:23 PM
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Even the Monster of Epstein Island, Maxwell, gets a country club prison for her evil crimes.

Passages

(3,807 posts)
5. snip: Wolff argues
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 12:52 PM
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that the statements Melania Trump claims to be defamatory were taken out of context, and in proper context are protected opinion and hypothesis based on disclosed facts and broader context. He also asserts that Melania Trump cannot prove the required burden of actual malice with clear and convincing evidence that Wolff did not believe his statements to be true.

Wolff filed the 15-page civil defamation suit in New York Supreme Court under the state’s anti-SLAPP law, short for strategic lawsuits against public participation, which is designed to block lawsuits intended to chill speech. He says the libel threat letter is part of a pattern of abusive litigation deployed by the Trumps, “designed to create a climate of fear in the nation so that people cannot freely or confidently exercise their First Amendment rights.”

“Mrs. Trump and her ‘unitary executive’ husband along with their MAGA myrmidons have made a practice of threatening those who speak against them with costly SLAPP actions in order to silence their speech, to intimidate their critics generally, and to extract unjustified payments and North Korean style confessions and apologies,” Wolff wrote.


https://www.courthousenews.com/michael-wolff-sues-melania-trump-to-stave-off-billion-dollar-libel-threat-over-epstein-claims/

FakeNoose

(39,130 posts)
46. Nice meme, but I don't think Melania is doing much "running the country"
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 03:40 PM
Wednesday

She doesn't live at the White House, and she spends more time with her son (who's currently going to school) than she does with her husband-in-name-only. If anyone is helping Chump run the country right now, it's probably Stephen Miller. And we don't need to seen any more photos of him.

FakeNoose

(39,130 posts)
62. I don't know, maybe he's required to take some remedial courses before he gets into regular classes?
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 09:56 PM
Wednesday

There were rumors about him having terrible grades back when he finished high school.
You'd think the family could afford a private tutor for him though.

MorbidButterflyTat

(3,803 posts)
51. Wow
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 04:38 PM
Wednesday

“Mrs. Trump and her ‘unitary executive’ husband along with their MAGA myrmidons have made a practice of threatening those who speak against them with costly SLAPP actions in order to silence their speech, to intimidate their critics generally, and to extract unjustified payments and North Korean style confessions and apologies,” Wolff wrote.


Very powerful.

And I learned a new word.

gfarber

(131 posts)
8. Wolff lawsuit
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 01:07 PM
Wednesday


A writer named Wolff made a claim,
That plunged Melania in fame.
He sued her in court,
For threats of the sort,
That billion-dollar lawsuits inflame.

She warned him with fury and might,
“Retract, or prepare for a fight!”
But Wolff wouldn’t yield,
And ran to the field—
Of courtrooms, not headlines, this night.

He hosts a bold podcast each week,
Where secrets and scandals he’ll seek.
Now Epstein’s dark trail,
Has set him to sail,
Through waters both choppy and bleak.

He claims she’s suppressing his pen,
With lawsuits and legal "what then?"
A First Lady first,
In court and coerced,
To answer for Epstein again.

Now Trump and Melania may swear,
To truths they’d much rather forbear.
With Wolff on the stand,
And subpoenas in hand,
It’s drama too strange not to share.

popsdenver

(766 posts)
15. Back in the days when
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 01:53 PM
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she was "fishing" for a Wealthy American, as a "model"........

Then, she became the Trophy Wife of Trump, and he stripped her down and made her pose so he could show her to the world....

Trump is pond scum, and a despicable example of a sub-human being.........

BaronChocula

(3,641 posts)
17. I hope she's miserable
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 02:01 PM
Wednesday

after all that effort just to be rich. I can't imagine she has anything to be happy about with her purposeless life, sneaking around, trying to avoid any attention. Plenty of money, but no joy.

peppertree

(22,977 posts)
53. "You must KILL him, Doughnold - you are my House-bond!"
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 05:32 PM
Wednesday

"Ah - quit yer bellyaching, Mellie. Don't forget what happened to.... Ivana."

JT45242

(3,694 posts)
10. First time a foreign asset was first lady -- likely involved in the trafficking ring bringing in girls from Eastern Euro
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 01:10 PM
Wednesday

We are fairly certain Melanoma was a honey pot plant of russian oligarchs tied to Putin to help launder money originally but even more useful as a weapon of chaos politically.

I would be shocked if she was not involved in bringing in girls either for a financial cut or as part of the operation to get kompromat and influence for former KGB oligarchs who were friends with her relatives. Ot the ever popular BOTH -- spying and skimming off the top.

allegorical oracle

(5,868 posts)
49. Well-written. May have to change my mind about Wolff. The drumpfs have called
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 04:16 PM
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him a liar, but he aptly points out that they have been mostly silent about his works.

3825-87867

(1,659 posts)
13. Maybe the big "Aha" moment
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 01:31 PM
Wednesday

Could this be a, or the, real reason trump's trying to get rid of the Epstein Files?
Would this be worse than learning trump IS a pedo?

Inquiring minds really, really want to know!

popsdenver

(766 posts)
48. It has been said that Epstein actually
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 03:57 PM
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is the one that "found" Melania and had her as his squeeze then a year later he said Trump could start "dating" her.......
I would normally dismiss this as pure rumor, but with all that we FACTUALLY know at this point, it certainly seems possible, if not probable.
Plus so much we DON'T know..........Certainly Ghislaine? could give client lists, photos and video's.......but they are all her "get out of jail free card" and her life insurance..........as well as being awash in income money for the rest of her entire life......

Same thing as that Madam years ago, Heidi Fleis?.........who also used her black book threat of client's names to get out of jail, and avoid any further prosecution.

I can only imagine that it is not only Ghislaine? who has a ton of records on Trump, Epstein, and an endless list, pictures and videos of clients, but certainly Putin has it all too......Including Republican U.S. Senators and Republican U.S. House members.....Lindsey Graham comes to mind....

Maru Kitteh

(30,863 posts)
21. GOOD. What did she know and when? She's in SO MANY Epstein photos!
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 02:14 PM
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She looks so comfortable with all those sex predators.

miyazaki

(2,558 posts)
35. The Trump Whitehouse let the Wolff in back in 2017
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 02:46 PM
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Then he wrote "Fire and Fury". He knows these fuckers intimately and knows what he's doing.

His emphatic response when asked if Trump was fit to serve was "absolutely not"!

FakeNoose

(39,130 posts)
43. Michael Wolff may not be everyone's favorite author but ...
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 03:33 PM
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I've read a few of his books and found them mostly enjoyable reading.

One thing I know is that Michael Wolff has interview recordings to back up whatever goes into his books. He really does interview people, and gets them to reveal stuff. So I guess that makes him a pretty good reporter. I don't know whether he follows the rule of the newspaper business, namely that he must find a 2nd source to backup the first one. (That remains to be seen.)

This lawsuit is going to be awesome! I don't know how Melania is going refute him, but I'm sure Michael has proof from somewhere, somehow.

Scrivener7

(57,522 posts)
67. Epstein asked him to write a biography of him. He spent months with him, and
Fri Oct 24, 2025, 03:45 PM
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he has a LOT of dirt on Cankles. He has a daily podcast on The Daily Beast. It's worthwhile.

Scrivener7

(57,522 posts)
68. Wolff says he's going to start a Gofundme to help finance this lawsuit - which he is certainly
Fri Oct 24, 2025, 03:48 PM
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going to need.

I'll keep an eye out for it and post a link here if anyone is interested.

Whatever you think of Wolff, he knows the questions to ask in discovery. This will be another chink in the wall around the Epstein files. And Cankles's behavior is screaming that the Epstein files will bring him down.

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