The New York Daily News is reporting on new “gushing” emails from the latest trove of documents from the Epstein files, showing First Lady Melania Trump with an apparently strong relationship with convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell (who was convicted for procuring victims for Jeffrey Epstein) two years before Melania married now-President Donald Trump.
“Dear G! How are you?” Melania asked in one email to Maxwell, dated October 2002. “Nice story about JE in NY mag. You look great in the picture.”
“In her email, Melania expressed excitement about visiting Maxwell in Palm Beach and tried to make arrangements to meet up with her as soon as she was back in New York City,” the Daily News reports. “Trump and Epstein owned property in both cities.”
“I’ve known Jeff for 15 years. Terrific guy,” Trump boasted in a New York Magazine story about Epstein that ran in 2002, according to the Daily News. “He’s a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side.”
The Daily News reports Maxwell responded to her correspondence by calling Melania “Sweet pea,” and sharing that a change in plans would have her back in New York for only a short time.
“I leave again on Fri so I still do not think I have time to see you sadly,” Maxwell replied. “I will try and call though.”
The Daily News reports the emails “appear to be the first written communications between Maxwell and the future first lady, who was then still known as Melania Knauss. However, the pair were known to spend together alongside Trump and Epstein, and were photographed with the men around that same time.”
The Daily News went on to report that Trump biographer Michael Wolff alleged in 2024 that Trump and Melania first had sex on Epstein’s private plane. Wolff claims Melania threatened a lawsuit, but Wolff filed his own suit and hopes to formally question the first lady.
