“He didn’t know she was going to do it before she did it, which shows you just how smoothly things are running over there.“

In case you missed it, earlier this week, Melania Trump made a shocking and unexpected public speech regarding any and all alleged ties to dead sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein.

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“I have never had any knowledge of Epstein’s abuse of his victims,” Melania said in the statement. “I was never involved in any capacity—I was not a participant, was never on Epstein’s plane, and never visited his private island… I have never been friends with Epstein. Donald and I were invited to the same parties as Epstein from time to time, since overlapping in social circles is common in New York City and Palm Beach.”

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“Numerous fake images and statements about Epstein and me have been circulating on social media for years now,” she also said. “Be cautious about what you believe. These images and stories are completely false.”

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Unsurprisingly, Jimmy Kimmel isn’t buying it — and during a recent episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, he thoroughly roasted the first lady and her husband (ever heard of him?) for their alleged Epstein ties.

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The thrust of his jibes was driven by the below photo of Melania, Donald, Jeffrey, and the latter’s alleged accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell — a snap that’s been so widely circulated in recent years that you’ve probably seen it on this very site multiple times at this point.

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“By the way, while you’re explaining how much you didn’t know Epstein, any particular reason you can think of that he had a picture of you guys on display at his house?” Jimmy said. “Maybe this is the photo that came with the frame, I don’t know.”

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“I, for one, when I see this, I think, well, these two don’t know each other at all,” he added, before roasting Donald for his claims that he didn’t know Melania was going to make her statement. “He didn’t know she was going to do it before she did it, which shows you just how smoothly things are running over there,” Jimmy said, before going in for the kill…

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“She must really hate him. I don’t know how else to explain it.”

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