Overview

• On August 6, Melania Trump’s attorney Alejandro Brito demanded that Hunter Biden retract his claim that Jeffrey Epstein introduced her to President Trump and threatened a $1 billion lawsuit for reputational and financial damages.
• Hunter Biden made the allegation in a lengthy Channel 5 interview with Andrew Callaghan, attributing it to author Michael Wolff, and has publicly refused to apologize or retract his remarks.
• Donald and Melania Trump maintain they met through model agent Paolo Zampolli at a 1998 New York Fashion Week event, rejecting any Epstein connection.
• No formal lawsuit has been filed yet, but the high-value threat reflects a continuation of the Trump team’s aggressive legal tactics against critics.
• The dispute is fueling renewed public and congressional pressure for full disclosure of Epstein-related files amid recent DOJ and FBI statements denying the existence of an incriminating client list.