On April 9, First Lady Melania Trump blindsided the West Wing by giving an unannounced, five-minute long statement in the White House Grand Foyer regarding Jeffrey Epstein. At the time, the public took it as an ending of the rumors surrounding her alleged connections with him, but just six weeks later, things took a different turn after a now-deleted X video shared by former Brazilian model Amanda Ungaro claimed it wasn’t Paolo Zampolli who introduced Melania and Trump, but Epstein himself.
The recording showed Ungaro addressing Zampolli directly, saying, “Let’s tell the public you never was the one introducing Melania to Trump. It was Jeffrey Epstein, as she was escort of Jeffrey Epstein. That’s how she met Donald Trump.
“And I know, because I was with you 20 years and you always told me it was not you—it was Jeffrey Epstein,” she added.
Zampolli denied the claims, calling it a disgrace and claiming it could be AI-manipulated. He also said his legal team is closely monitoring the situation.
For long, Zampolli has maintained his matchmaker status, famously stating, “I said: ‘Melania meet Donald, Donald meet Melania,’ and then I left the table because I had 300 guests.”
For those still behind: Melania's Epstein presser yesterday ("I was not a participant") was almost certainly driven by Amanda Ungaro, an Epstein victim who had a child with Paolo Zampolli, who brought Melania to the US. Zampolli just got Ungaro deported; she's vowing revenge. 1/ https://t.co/uJUYSqmdcq
— capitolhunters (@capitolhunters) April 10, 2026
During her April press-conference, Melania said, “I am not Epstein’s victim. Epstein did not introduce me to Donald Trump. I met my husband, by chance, at a New York City party in 1998. This initial encounter with my husband is documented in detail in my book, MELANIA.”
She went further, specifying: “The first time I crossed paths with Epstein was in the year 2000, at an event Donald and I attended together. At the time, I had never met Epstein and had no knowledge of his criminal undertakings.” She also stated that she is “not a witness or a named witness in connection with any of Epstein’s crimes,” and that her “name has never appeared in court documents, depositions, victim statements, or FBI interviews surrounding the Epstein matter.”
According to Snopes, Melania decided to give the statement regarding Epstein because she was cornered by Ungaro’s series of posts on X. However, it wasn’t verified if the account belonged to Ungaro or whether there was a connection between the alleged threats and Melania’s statement, although the timing raises eyebrows.
In the past, Melania forced retractions from the Daily Beast, HarperCollins, and James Carville. However, a group of 13 survivors criticized her approach, accusing her of “shifting the burden onto survivors” instead of pushing for real accountability.
Ungaro and Zampolli had been together for two decades before their split in 2023. Ungaro was arrested and deported to Brazil in 2025 following a messy custody battle with Zampolli. The New York Times revealed that Zampolli called a top ICE official to keep her detained before she could post bail, calling it a favor for a friend of the president. He called this “absurd,” and the Department of Homeland Security maintained her deportation was strictly standard procedure, stating: “Any suggestion that she was arrested and removed for political reasons or favors is FALSE.”
Before being deported, Ungaro allegedly called Melania for help, but the “First Lady did nothing.”
Melania’s spokesperson countered that she “has no knowledge of, nor involvement in, the personal affairs of Mr. Zampolli and Ms. Ungaro.”
Ungaro has long been part of the Trump’s circle. Speaking to the Brazilian outlet O Globo, she claimed she claimed she flew on Epstein’s plane in 2002, when she was just 17 alongside convicted recruiter Jean-Luc Brunel.
“There were about 30 girls on the plane,” she told O Globo. “They looked more like students than models.”
Right now, the core accusation against Melania Trump stems from a deleted social media post, yet the drama prompted political fallout.
House Oversight Chairman James Comer committed to holding hearings, telling Fox News, “I agree with the first lady and appreciate what she said. We will have hearings.” Meanwhile, Epstein survivors Maria and Annie Farmer released a statement demanding “accountability, transparency, and justice,” adding, “If the federal government is truly committed to supporting survivors, it would ask us what we want and should follow the facts wherever they may lead.”
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