1. United States
2. Va.
3. Letter

Dear Members of Congress, Today, First Lady Melania Trump did something extraordinary. She appeared at the White House podium — unprompted, unscheduled — and called on Congress to hold public hearings for Jeffrey Epstein’s survivors. “Now is the time for Congress to act,” she said. “Epstein was not alone.” We agree. And we’d like to take her up on it. In the same statement, the First Lady acknowledged she was in overlapping social circles with Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell in New York and Florida, and confirmed she had email correspondence with Maxwell — a convicted sex trafficker currently serving 20 years in prison. She offered no context for that correspondence. She offered no explanation for why, after months of Epstein document releases and growing congressional scrutiny, today was the day she felt compelled to address the public. The First Lady has now inserted herself into this investigation voluntarily and publicly. She has called for hearings. She has acknowledged contact with Maxwell. And she has offered a detailed denial of wrongdoing from the most prominent podium in the country. That denial deserves to be given under oath. We are not asking Congress to presume guilt. We are asking Congress to do its job. If the First Lady has nothing to hide — and she says she does not — then testifying under oath before the Epstein investigation committee should present no difficulty whatsoever. Invite her. Subpoena her if necessary. Let the record reflect her testimony in full, on the record, in public — exactly as she herself demanded for the survivors. Epstein was not alone. Congress should find out who was with him.