Michael Wolff, Donald Trump's biographer, has stirred controversy by alleging that Melania Trump's introduction to her husband was facilitated through Jeffrey Epstein's social circle. Wolff claimed Melania was involved with Epstein's circle and met Trump via Paolo Zampolli,

President Donald Trump has claimed that he cut ties with Jeffrey Epstein after he “stole” staff from him. The president appeared to suggest he threw the late paedophile financier out of his Mar-a-Lago club and did not talk to him “for years” after he poached people who worked for him.