First Lady Melania Trump has issued a $1 billion warning to Hunter Biden over what she calls “false, defamatory, disparaging, and inflammatory statements” about her, demanding that he immediately remove the content, issue a retraction, and apologize — or face legal action, Fox News Digital has learned.
The outlet reported it has exclusively obtained the letter, dated Aug. 6, from Alejandro Brito, the first lady’s litigation counsel, to Hunter Biden and his attorney, Abbe Lowell. Brito called on Biden to “immediately retract the false, defamatory, disparaging, and inflammatory statements made about Mrs. Trump,” referring to remarks he made in a video interview with Channel 5 with Andrew Callaghan that was posted to YouTube in early August.
“Failure to comply will leave Mrs. Trump with no choice but to pursue any and all legal rights and remedies available to her to recover the overwhelming financial and reputational harm that you have caused her to suffer,” Brito wrote.
In the video interview, titled “Hunter Biden Returns,” which dropped earlier this month, the former first son claimed “Epstein introduced Melania to Trump. The connections are, like, so wide and deep.” Biden also claimed that “Jeffrey Epstein introduced Melania, and that’s how Melania and the first lady and the President met.”
But Brito countered: “These false, disparaging, defamatory, and inflammatory statements are extremely salacious and have been widely disseminated throughout various digital mediums. Indeed, the video has since been re-published by various media outlets, journalists, and political commentators with millions of social media followers that have disseminated the false and defamatory statements therein to tens of millions of people worldwide.”
Brito added: “Consequently, you have caused Mrs. Trump to suffer overwhelming financial and reputational harm.” The first lady’s attorney also said that Biden’s “source” for the false statements is “serial fabulist Michael Wolff, whose lies were published by The Daily Beast in the article titled ‘Melania Trump ‘very involved’ in Epstein Scandal: Author.’”
Brito demanded, on behalf of the first lady, that Biden “immediately issue a full and fair retraction of the video and any and all other false, defamatory, disparaging, misleading, and inflammatory statements about Mrs. Trump in as conspicuous a manner as they were originally published.”
Brito also demanded, on behalf of the first lady, that Biden “immediately issue an apology for the false, defamatory, disparaging, misleading and inflammatory statements about Mrs. Trump.”
The attorney also directed Biden not to “destroy, conceal, or alter any paper or electronic files, physical evidence” or other records relating to the false claims; including communications regarding Melania Trump; records of his sources; and any documents or data regarding Mrs. Trump.”
“If you do not comply with the above by August 7, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. EST, Mrs. Trump will be left with no alternative but to enforce her legal and equitable rights, all of which are expressly reserved and are not waived, including by filing legal action for over $1 Billion Dollars in damages,” Brito wrote. “You are on notice.”
