Melania Trump has threatened to sue Hunter Biden for more than $1bn (£736.5m) in damages if he does not retract comments linking her to Jeffrey Epstein.

Mr Biden, who is the son of former US president Joe Biden , alleged in an interview this month that sex trafficker Epstein introduced the first lady to President Donald Trump .

"Epstein introduced Melania to Trump. The connections are, like, so wide and deep," he claimed.

Ms Trump's lawyer labelled the comments false, defamatory and "extremely salacious" in a letter to Mr Biden.

Image: Hunter Biden. File pic: AP

Her lawyer wrote that the first lady suffered "overwhelming financial and reputational harm" as the claims were widely discussed on social media and reported by media around the world.

The president and first la

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