Author Michael Wolff has filed suit against first lady Melania Trump , charging that she threatened a $1 billion legal action against him in order to stop him from reporting and writing on her alleged ties to Jeffrey Epstein .

"Mrs. Trump's claims are made for the sole purpose of harassing, intimidating, punishing or otherwise maliciously inhibiting Mr. Wolff's free exercise of speech," said the suit, which was filed Tuesday in state Supreme Court in Manhattan.

The filing includes as an attachment a letter from Trump's attorney, Alejandro Brito, sent to Wolff last week demanding the " Fire and Fury " author retract and apologize for comments he's made publicly linking his client to the notorious sex offender, and makes "a monetary proposal to Mrs. Trump to ameliorate the harm that

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