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Eugene

(65,814 posts) Fri Jul 18, 2025, 09:07 PM Friday

Snopes: Real photo shows Trump and wife Melania with Ghislaine Maxwell? Rating: True

Source: Snopes

Real photo shows Trump and wife Melania with Ghislaine Maxwell?

The photo spread online as demands grew for the White House to release the so-called Epstein files in July 2025.

Cindy Shan
Published July 17, 2025

Claim:

An old photo authentically shows U.S. President Donald Trump and his wife Melania Trump with convicted sex offender Ghislaine Maxwell.

Rating:

True

In mid-July 2025, an old photo widely circulated on social media purportedly showing convicted sex offender Ghislaine Maxwell with U.S. President Donald Trump and his wife, Melania Trump.

The picture spread amid reports that Maxwell, an associate of sex trafficker and child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, may be willing to testify before Congress about Epstein's activities. She is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence (archived) for helping Epstein sexually abuse underage girls.

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Read more: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-photo-melania-ghislaine-maxwell/

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Snopes: Real photo shows Trump and wife Melania with Ghislaine Maxwell? Rating: True (Original Post) Eugene Friday OP

K&R UTUSN Friday #1

Hmm. . already wearing too-long red tie. Red/florid face. For a model, niyad Friday #5

She better make sure the cameras in her cel block are all working. 3Hotdogs Friday #2

Her best chance to devalue her death is to stop angling for a pardon and sing like a canary. Marcuse Friday #4

Any decent MAGA know that Snopes lies progressoid Friday #3

Pretty sure she will be ready to sing about the guest list and has her documents safely secured with media support. flying_wahini Friday #6

Melanoma's kidneys haven't yet grown, I notice Stinky The Clown Saturday #7

Eric Trump started a meme of Bill Clinton being associated and photographed with Maxwell. Norrrm Saturday #8

UTUSN

(74,821 posts)

1. K&R

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Fri Jul 18, 2025, 10:36 PM

Friday

https://mediaproxy.snopes.com/width/1200/

niyad

(125,303 posts)

5. Hmm. . already wearing too-long red tie. Red/florid face. For a model,

Reply to UTUSN (Reply #1)

Fri Jul 18, 2025, 11:31 PM

Friday

melanoma has dreadful taste in clothes. That outfit looks awful on her, as does what the procurer is wearing. I wonder how high mel's heels were, as she was taller than pedo in that image. . as well as not looking sullen, for a refreshing change. She had not had all the work done at this point, apparently.