Book publisher HarperCollins UK apologized to First Lady Melania Trump on Tuesday and recalled a book that repeated unverified claims that child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein was involved in introducing her to Donald Trump.

Why it matters: HarperCollins is the third media enterprise to apologize to Melania Trump and remove content related to the Epstein allegation. • The first lady's attorneys "are actively ensuring immediate retractions and apologies by those who spread malicious, defamatory falsehoods," a spokesperson said. • "The true account of how the first lady met President Trump is in her bestselling book, 'Melania,' " the spokesperson added. • That book says she first met her future husband at a New York City party in 1998 and was introduced to him by another person, not E

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