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Are there photos or videos showing Melania Trump and Jeffrey Epstein together at parties?
Executive summary
Photographs and video showing Melania Trump (then Melania Knauss) and Jeffrey Epstein together at social events do exist in the archival record: multiple outlets and photo services cite a Getty photograph from a February 12, 2000 Mar-a-Lago party that includes Donald Trump, Melania, Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell (Getty/Image archives cited by Time, PBS and others) [1] [2] [3]. News organizations also report video and photos of Epstein and Donald Trump at Victoria’s Secret events and other gatherings where Melania appears in some footage or images—CNN, The Guardian and other outlets have published or described such material [4] [5].
1. What’s on-camera: specific photos and videos that reporters cite
Established photo archives (Getty Images) hold a February 12, 2000 Mar-a-Lago photograph showing Donald Trump, Melania Knauss, Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell at a charity/party there; major outlets reproduce or cite that Getty image when reporting on Trump–Epstein ties [1] [6] [2]. News organizations including PBS and Time explicitly reference that February 2000 photo when summarizing the social overlap between the Trumps and Epstein [3] [2]. Separate archival video circulating for years shows Donald Trump and Epstein together at Mar-a-Lago in 1992 and at a Victoria’s Secret event in the late 1990s or 1999; The Guardian and Forbes note that CNN published footage of Trump and Epstein at a 1999 Victoria’s Secret event in which Melania also appears in the footage [4] [5].
2. How outlets describe Melania’s presence vs. Trump–Epstein footage
Reporting distinguishes between multiple kinds of material: (a) photos from Mar‑a‑Lago in February 2000 that explicitly include Melania alongside Trump and Epstein (Getty-derived images cited in Time and PBS) [2] [3]; and (b) video and stills showing Trump and Epstein together at other events, some of which include Melania in the same frame or nearby (CNN coverage noted by The Guardian and Forbes) [4] [5]. Different stories emphasize different items: some focus on Trump–Epstein interactions generally and only note Melania’s appearance where the image/video clearly shows her [2] [4].
3. What the provenance reporting says about dates and settings
News reports and image databases consistently date the Mar‑a‑Lago photo to February 12, 2000 and attribute it to Davidoff Studios/Getty Images; outlets use that dating to document that Melania and Epstein were photographed together pre-dating Epstein’s widely reported criminal convictions [1] [2] [3]. Other footage described in reporting — notably the Victoria’s Secret event footage — is dated to the late 1990s (1997–1999 in various accounts) and has been circulated by TV archives and outlets like CNN [4] [5].
4. What reputable fact-checkers and newsrooms conclude
Fact-checking and legacy outlets have authenticated the Mar‑a‑Lago photo as genuine and cited it when fact-checking claims about the Trump–Epstein relationship; Snopes and major outlets reproduce the image and describe it as an authentic editorial photograph from 2000 [7] [2]. Rolling Stone, Forbes and The Washington Post likewise cite or reproduce the same image in timelines and deep-dive pieces [8] [5] [9].
5. What remains contested or not covered in these sources
Available sources document photos and video showing Melania and Epstein at the same events (notably the Feb. 12, 2000 Mar‑a‑Lago photo) and show Trump with Epstein at several gatherings [1] [2] [4]. These sources do not prove private interactions beyond what is visible in images and footage; they also do not, in the pieces cited here, provide authenticated video of intimate private moments between Melania and Epstein beyond public-event photography/video [2] [4]. Claims about other specific encounters, invitations to later weddings, or alleged conduct are either unaddressed or remain matters for legal records and deeper reporting; for example, whether Epstein attended the Trumps’ 2005 wedding is reported as unknown in local reporting cited here [10].
6. Why coverage matters and the agendas at play
Newsrooms, image agencies and fact-checkers have a clear archival and public-interest incentive to make visual records available; some sources (Getty, CNN) monetize or license images while others (Time, PBS, The Guardian) use them to contextualize political ties [1] [4] [3]. Political actors and commentators also have incentives to highlight or downplay such photos: the material can be presented as simple socializing evidence or used to imply closer involvement—so readers should separate what is visible (who is in a photo or video) from broader allegations not documented by the images themselves [2] [11].
If you want, I can compile the specific publicly cited image/video links and the exact captions from Getty, CNN, Time and PBS cited above so you can view the files and captions directly [1] [4] [2] [3].