{"id":2472529,"date":"2025-08-08T15:35:01","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T19:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/james-carville-apologizes-and-removes-video-tying-melania-trump-to-jeffrey-epstein\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T15:36:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T19:36:18","slug":"james-carville-apologizes-and-removes-video-tying-melania-trump-to-jeffrey-epstein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/james-carville-apologizes-and-removes-video-tying-melania-trump-to-jeffrey-epstein\/","title":{"rendered":"James Carville apologizes and removes video tying Melania Trump to Jeffrey Epstein"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjames-carville-apologizes-and-removes-video-tying-melania-trump-to-jeffrey-epstein%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2472529&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Democratic commentator James Carville publicly apologized to First Lady Melania Trump and removed a video segment from his podcast that falsely suggested a connection between Melania Trump and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Carville issued the apology after receiving a legal letter from Melania Trump&#8217;s attorneys, who disputed the claims and the video&#8217;s title. The First Lady&#8217;s communications director emphasized that the true story of how Melania met President Donald Trump is detailed in her memoir, *Melania*. Melania Trump shared carville&#8217;s apology on social media, highlighting the removal of the video. Earlier, Melania&#8217;s lawyers also forced the retraction of a *Daily Beast* article that alleged she was introduced to Trump through a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >modeling agent linked<\/a> to Epstein.the article was removed with an editor&#8217;s note after legal intervention. Melania Trump celebrated the article&#8217;s removal on social media as well.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">James Carville apologizes and removes video tying Melania Trump to Jeffrey Epstein<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2200129\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Democratic commentator James Carville publicly apologized to first lady Melania Trump on an episode of his podcast <em>Politics War Room <\/em>on Thursday and removed segments of the previous week&rsquo;s episode that alleged a connection between the first lady and convicted sex offender Jefferey Epstein.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;After the episode, we received a letter from Melania Trump&rsquo;s lawyer. He took issue with our title of one of those YouTube videos from that episode and a couple of comments I made about the first lady. We took a look at what they complained about, and we took down the video and edited out those comments from the episode. I also take back these statements and apologize,&rdquo; Carville <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=w8GrnvH0-6Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3494935\/chip-roy-attorney-general-texas-paxton-cornyn\/\">Chip Roy eyes Texas attorney general run as Paxton challenges Cornyn<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3494549\/texas-democrats-stop-new-maps-abbott\/\">Texas Democrats will need to stay out for years to stop new map: Abbott<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3494917\/highspeed-train-route-connects-boston-new-york-city-washington\/\">Highspeed train route connects Boston, New York City, Washington<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>In the previous week&rsquo;s episode, Carville and podcast cohost Al Hunt spoke with progressive writer Judd Legum about President Donald Trump&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3476214\/trump-sues-wall-street-journal-libel-epstein-birthday-letter-story\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">connections<\/a> with Epstein. Carville mentioned Melania Trump in the episode and titled a since-deleted YouTube clipping of the episode &ldquo;The Epstein Connection &ndash; Trump &amp; Melania&rdquo;.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;First Lady Melania Trump&rsquo;s attorneys are actively ensuring immediate retractions and apologies by those who spread malicious, defamatory falsehoods. The true account of how the First Lady met President Trump is in her best-selling book, &lsquo;Melania&rsquo;,&rdquo; Nick Clemens, communications director for the first lady, said in a statement to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Melania Trump celebrated Carville&rsquo;s apology on X. She shared a screenshot of his apology transcript and a large, red X over the taken-down YouTube clip.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cNMb5xawxW\">pic.twitter.com\/cNMb5xawxW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; MELANIA TRUMP (@MELANIATRUMP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MELANIATRUMP\/status\/1953487584719417361?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 7, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>In July, Melania Trump posted an excerpt from her memoir <em>Melania <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MELANIATRUMP\/status\/1946314054047248691\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"on X\">on X<\/a><em> <\/em>that shares the story of how she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/french-first-lady-suing-over-conspiracy-theory-shes-actually-transgender\/\" title=\"French First Lady Suing Over Conspiracy Theory She\u2019s Actually Transgender\">originally met<\/a> her current husband. In the excerpt, she describes Donald Trump walking up to her and her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mediaite-pod-fails-to-challenge-whca-presidents-race-baiting-hoax\/\" title=\"Mediaite Pod Fails To Challenge WHCA President&#039;s Race...Baiting Hoax\">friends&#038;rsquo<\/a>; VIP table one night at the Kit Kat Klub in New York City, along with his date to the function. Trump introduced himself to then Melania Knaus, and she characterized the interaction as a &ldquo;brief encounter that left a lasting impression.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, Melania Trump&rsquo;s lawyers also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/daily-beast-pulls-story-alleging-melania-epstein-connection-after-lawyers-dispute-framing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">contacted <em>The Daily Beast<\/em><\/a>  over an article that included reporter Michael Wolff&rsquo;s claims that the now president and first lady were introduced through a modeling agent connected to Epstein.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3491570\/hunter-biden-false-claim-jeffery-epstein-introduced-melania-to-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Hunter Biden<\/a> also pushed the false claim in an interview this week. <em>The<\/em> <em>Daily Beast<\/em> removed the article and replaced it with an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/epstein-this-story-has-been-removed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">editor&rsquo;s note<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3491324\/trump-murdoch-cut-deal-deposition-wsj-lawsuit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>TRUMP AND MURDOCH CUT DEAL NOT TO EXPEDITE DEPOSITION IN WALL STREET JOURNAL LAWSUIT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;After this story was published, The Beast received a letter from First Lady Melania Trump&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-democrats-campaign-arm-adds-four-candidates-to-red-to-blue-program-as-party-looks-to-flip-chamber\/\" title=\"House Democrats are expanding their &#039;red to blue&#039; program with the addition of four new candidates in their bid to regain control of the chamber\">attorney challenging<\/a> the headline and framing of the article. After reviewing the matter, the Beast has taken down the article and apologizes for any confusion or misunderstanding,&rdquo; the editor&rsquo;s note <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/epstein-this-story-has-been-removed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">reads<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Melania Trump also posted a celebratory <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MELANIATRUMP\/status\/1951283561182412898\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">X post<\/a> when <em>The<\/em> <em>Daily Beast <\/em>removed the article.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2200129\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2200129\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James Carville apologizes, removes video linking Melania Trump to Epstein<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3976,"featured_media":2472530,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/James-Carville.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[5447,32512,51194,32423,60930],"class_list":["post-2472529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-apology","tag-james-carville","tag-jeffrey-epstein","tag-melania-trump","tag-video-removal"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/James-Carville.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2472529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3976"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2472529"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2472529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2472533,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2472529\/revisions\/2472533"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2472530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2472529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2472529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2472529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}