New Delhi, July 27 -- Donald Trump biographer Michael Wolff has suggested that First Lady Melania Trump may have had closer ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein than previously known. Wolff reportedly claimed Melania was "very involved" in Epstein's social scene and suggested that it was through this network that she met Donald Trump.

"She's introduced by a model agent, both of whom Trump and Epstein are involved with. She's introduced to Trump that way. Epstein [knew] her well," Wolff was quoted as saying by The Daily Beast in a podcast interview.

Wolff also spoke about the First Lady's recurring absence from her husband's legal and political battles, asserting that she often keeps a calculated distance.

"She never is by his...