About this episode
Witness testimony and event records place Melania Knauss (now Trump) at a 1998 party hosted by publisher Kit Lay where Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein were both present.Multiple accounts describe her being introduced into Epstein and Trump's social circle during this period. This episode examines the event records, witness statements, the timeline of Melania's entry into Trump's world, and what this reveals about how Epstein's social circles overlapped with fashion, modeling, and New York elite society.Sources for this episode are available at: https://epsteinfiles.fm/?episode=ep106About The Epstein FilesThe Epstein Files is an AI-generated podcast analyzing the 3.5 million pages released under the Epstein Files Transparency Act (EFTA). All claims are grounded in primary source documents.Produced by Island Investigation
