Overview

• Melania Trump’s lawyer, Alejandro Brito, sent an Aug. 6 letter demanding that Hunter Biden retract and apologise for repeating the claim that Jeffrey Epstein introduced her to President Trump or face over $1 billion in damages.
• The demand described Biden’s statements as false, defamatory and “extremely salacious,” citing their wide circulation across social media and news outlets that harmed the first lady’s reputation.
• Biden first aired the disputed allegation on Aug. 5 during a Channel 5 interview with Andrew Callaghan, attributing it to author Michael Wolff and earlier media reporting.
• The Aug. 7 compliance deadline passed without a retraction and no civil suit has been filed against Biden to date.
• In a follow-up interview released Aug. 14, Biden flatly refused to retract or apologise, calling the lawsuit threat a “designed distraction.”