{"id":2474796,"date":"2025-08-14T16:19:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T20:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-backs-melanias-lawsuit-threat-use-my-lawyers\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T16:20:03","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T20:20:03","slug":"trump-backs-melanias-lawsuit-threat-use-my-lawyers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-backs-melanias-lawsuit-threat-use-my-lawyers\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump backs Melania\u2019s lawsuit threat: \u2018Use my lawyers\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/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%2Ftrump-backs-melanias-lawsuit-threat-use-my-lawyers%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=2474796&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>Former President Donald Trump has expressed his support for First Lady Melania Trump as she pursues a lawsuit against Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden.The lawsuit responds to false claims that Jeffrey Epstein, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-he-doesnt-mind-elon-turning-against-me-in-first-post-since-musks-epstein-files-claim-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"... says he doesn\u2019t mind \u2018Elon turning against me\u2019 in first post since Musk\u2019s Epstein files claim - Washington Examiner\">late <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawyer-for-epstein-victims-maxwells-potential-mistrial-a-gut-punch\/\" title=\"Lawyer For Epstein Victims: Maxwell\u2019s Potential Mistrial A \u2018Gut Punch\u2019\">convicted sex trafficker<\/a><\/a>, introduced melania to Donald Trump in 1998. Both Melania and Donald Trump deny these allegations, emphasizing that they met through an unnamed female friend, as detailed in Melania&#8217;s 2024 book *Melania*. Trump encouraged Melania to &#8220;go forward&#8221; with the legal action, offering her the use of his lawyers. While some commentators, including James Carville and The Daily Beast, have apologized for spreading the claim, Hunter Biden has refused to apologize and dismissed the demand. Melania&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-lawyer-deposes-laptop-shop-owner-in-aggressive-new-legal-strategy\/\" title=\"...&#039;s lawyer uses aggressive legal strategy, deposes laptop shop owner.\">legal team continues<\/a> to seek retractions and apologies to address what they call malicious and defamatory falsehoods.  <\/p>\n<div id=\"ld-4686-3758\"><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:14832835450050406,size:[0, 0],id:\"ld-4686-3758\"});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src=\"https:\/\/cdn2.decide.dev\/_js\/ajs.js\";j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,\"script\",\"ld-ajs\");<\/script><\/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\">Trump backs Melania&rsquo;s lawsuit threat: &lsquo;Use my lawyers&rsquo;<\/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_2204053\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3491570\/hunter-biden-false-claim-jeffery-epstein-introduced-melania-to-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> said he encouraged first lady <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3494946\/james-carville-melania-trump-jeffrey-epstein\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Melania Trump<\/a> to &ldquo;go forward&rdquo; with her lawsuit against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3499604\/hunter-biden-melania-trump-rejects-demand-apologize-epstein-statement-lawsuit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Hunter Biden<\/a>, the son of former President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>The first lady has responded to allegations that the late <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3491570\/hunter-biden-false-claim-jeffery-epstein-introduced-melania-to-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Jeffrey Epstein<\/a>, a convicted sex trafficker, introduced her to her husband in 1998 with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3494946\/james-carville-melania-trump-jeffrey-epstein\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">demands<\/a> to stop spreading the misinformation. As her husband, the president supported the move in an interview on Fox News Radio&rsquo;s <em>The Brian Kilmeade Show<\/em> on Thursday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3499977\/cnn-abby-phillip-trump-batman-dc-gotham-city\/\">CNN&#8217;s Abby Phillip says Trump has made himself &#8216;Batman&#8217; and DC &#8216;Gotham City&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3499904\/doj-charges-five-cartel-leaders-seeks-26-million-bounties\/\">DOJ charges five cartel leaders, seeks $26 million bounties<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3500015\/trump-administration-garantex-sanction-russia-linked-ransomware-attacks\/\">Trump administration sanctions crypto exchange after Russia-linked ransomware attacks<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Well, I said, &lsquo;Go forward,&rsquo; you know, I&rsquo;ve done pretty well on these lawsuits lately, and I said, &lsquo;Go forward with it,&rsquo;&rdquo; Donald Trump said. &ldquo;Yeah, I told her, &lsquo;Let&rsquo;s go ahead and do it.&rsquo; I let her use my lawyers. She was very upset about it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share?id=3079270&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=10455&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=92509141279118d280862f507af31f01\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The president reiterated that they were introduced to each other by a friend at a party in New York City, but it was not Epstein. The first lady detailed the meeting in her 2024<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3167610\/melania-trump-special-connection-meeting-husband\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> book,<\/a> <em>Melania,<\/em> which says an <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >unnamed female friend introduced<\/a> them.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Jeffrey Epstein had nothing to do with Melania and introducing,&rdquo; Donald Trump said. &ldquo;But they do that to demean, they make up stories.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, the<em> Daily Beast<\/em> and Democratic commentator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3494946\/james-carville-melania-trump-jeffrey-epstein\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">James Carville<\/a> apologized for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/epstein-this-story-has-been-removed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">repeating the claim<\/a> that Epstein was tied to Melania meeting her future husband, but Hunter Biden has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3499604\/hunter-biden-melania-trump-rejects-demand-apologize-epstein-statement-lawsuit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">refused<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;F*** that,&rdquo; he said when asked if he would like to apologize. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s not going to happen.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3499604\/hunter-biden-melania-trump-rejects-demand-apologize-epstein-statement-lawsuit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>HUNTER BIDEN REJECTS MELANIA TRUMP&rsquo;S &lsquo;DEMAND&rsquo; TO APOLOGIZE FOR &lsquo;DEFAMATORY&rsquo; STATEMENTS: &lsquo;IT&rsquo;S LAWSUIT TIME&rsquo;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to Nick Clemens, the communications director for the first lady, her attorneys are still pursuing apologies.<\/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,&rdquo; Clemens said in a statement to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;The true account of how the First Lady met President Trump is in her best-selling book, <em>Melania<\/em>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><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_2204053\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2204053\"}});<\/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>Trump supports Melania&#8217;s lawsuit, offers his lawyers&#8217; 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