As she presided over her eighth and final planting in April 2016, Obama said wistfully of her garden, “This is my baby. And hopefully, this will not be the last planting. Wolff initially made the allegations in an interview with Daily Beast chief content officer Joanna Coles for The Daily Beast Podcast. They were discussing Trump’s alleged connections with Epstein, the disgraced financier who died in 2019.
“[Melania] was very involved in this Epstein relationship. There is this model thing, and she’s introduced by a model agent, both of whom Trump and Epstein are involved with. She’s introduced to Trump that way, Epstein knows her well,” Wolff alleged. Wolff’s reporting style and credibility in the journalism industry has long faced scrutiny. In 2018, the journalist told Bill Maher he had evidence that Trump was having an affair and claimed that a clue to his mistress’ identity could be found at the end of his White House tell-all “Fire and Fury.”
