Melania Trump, Epstein — and the Photographer in Between

How close is the link between Melania Trump's modeling career and Jeffrey Epstein's world? On this investigative episode of the Tara Palmeri Show, Tara discusses her latest Vanity Fair reporting following her appearance on Katy Tur's MSNBC program. The conversation focuses on photographer Antoine Verglas, who launched Melania Knauss's American career with multiple shoots—including her iconic nude British GQ spread on Donald Trump's plane—and maintained extensive post-2008 conviction ties to Epstein documented in the files. Read the full Vanity Fair piece here: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/melania-trump-epstein-files What connections in the Epstein files and elite modeling circles intrigue you the most? Tara's Vanity Fair article: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/melania-trump-epstein-files For more of her reporting, subscribe to her weekly newsletter, "The Red Letter." https://tarapalmeri.substack.com/ https://www.tarapalmeri.com/subscribe Latest from the Red Letter: https://www.tarapalmeri.com/p/the-photographer-who-launched-melania https://www.tarapalmeri.com/p/hillary-maxwell-and-the-rewriting https://www.tarapalmeri.com/p/sotu-postgame-winners-losers-and To support her mission of independent journalism, consider donating to her GoFundMe account: https://gofund.me/0c46f9a5 Tara Palmeri is one of the most feared and fearless reporters covering power and politics. She has 15 years of experience covering national politics and foreign affairs. She was formerly a White House Correspondent for ABC News where she covered the first Trump administration. She was the chief National Correspondent for POLITICO during the Biden administration. She has been a political analyst for CNBC, CBS and CNN. She started her career as a columnist for the Washington Examiner and then went on to report for the New York Post. She was a foreign correspondent for POLITICO Europe, where she covered international affairs, including Brexit. She hosted the Ringer's political podcast "Somebody's Gotta Win" and wrote a column for Puck. Tara also hosted two acclaimed podcasts on Jeffrey Epstein, "Broken: Jeffrey Epstein" and "Power: The Maxwells." Tara currently hosts the Tara Palmeri Show. Listen to the 'Tara Palmeri Show': Apple https://apple.co/4lWeFuo iHeartRadio https://iheart.com/podcast/273622585/ Amazon Music https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/cdfe747e-54a2-47ae-9ec5-15957642e533/the-tara-palmeri-show Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/3kgamV3lbZIGIHW2H0XUTR?si=1ffdbb566a964bc1 New videos from Tara are released 5PM EST on weekdays and Sunday https://www.youtube.com/@TaraPalmeri Follow Tara: https://www.instagram.com/tarapalmeri/ https://x.com/tarapalmeri https://www.tiktok.com/@tarapalmeri For inquiries, email: [email protected] #JeffreyEpstein #Epstein #EpsteinFiles #Trump #MelaniaTrump #EpsteinList #GhislaineMaxwell #TaraPalmeriShow #TaraPalmeri Melania Trump, Epstein — and the Photographer in Between: Chapters: 00:00 Welcome to the Tara Palmeri Show 00:38 Antoine Verglas and Melania's modeling career 01:38 Epstein's post-conviction ties to Verglas 03:23 Chilling email on scopolamine drug 04:33 The thin line between elite worlds and Epstein 05:33 Tara joins Katy Tur Reports on MSNow 06:31 Democrats push for Trump deposition 10:53 Demanding full transparency on Epstein files 13:54 Panel discussion with Allie Vitale and Lisa Rubin 17:11 Tara breaks down Verglas-Epstein connection 22:16 One-degree-of-separation link to Melania 25:20 Partisan politics in the Epstein investigation 28:13 Thanks for watching the Tara Palmeri Show Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices