Former first son Hunter Biden will not apologize to Melania Trump over comments he made linking her to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein despite her threat to sue if he does not.
In an Aug. 5 interview with independent journalist Andrew Callaghan, Biden alleged that Epstein had introduced Melania to Donald Trump, citing author Michael Wolff.
Melania’s attorney called the comment “false, disparaging, defamatory and inflammatory” and demanded that Hunter “immediately retract” the remark or face a $1 billion lawsuit.
Asked if he would like to apologize to Melania in another interview with Callaghan on Thursday, Hunter offered some very colorful language as he doubled down.
“Fuck that. That’s not going to happen,” he said, citing news reports dating back to 2019 that “reported that sources said that Jeffrey Epstein claimed to be the person to introduce Donald Trump to Melania at that time.”
“And I don’t believe in guilt by association alone, but the connections have become — they’re so glaringly obvious that I think they’re trying to use other things to distract,” he continued. “And I also think they’re bullies, and they think that a billion dollars is going to scare me.”
Hunter added that Melania’s lawsuit threat is “designed distraction, because it’s about who introduced whom to who. I don’t know how that in any way rises to the level of defamation to begin with.”
In any case, Hunter said he’d be “happy” to provide Trump and Melania with a “platform” to sit down for a deposition and clarify the nature of their relationship with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
“I think the entire world would love to finally get to the bottom of the true nature of their relationship,” he said.
