Melania Trump has declined an invitation to meet with Jill Biden on Wednesday—when President-elect Donald Trump is set to visit President Joe Biden. Sources close to Melania reportedly indicated that the FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago is a primary reason for her decision.
After Trump won the 2016 election, Melania did tour the White House with then-First Lady Michelle Obama.
“She ain’t going,” a source told The New York Post. “Jill Biden’s husband authorized the FBI snooping through her underwear drawer. The Bidens are disgusting. …Jill Biden isn’t someone Melania needs to meet.”
On August 8, 2022, the FBI executed a search warrant at the Trumps’ Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida as part of its investigation into former President Trump’s handling of presidential documents. At the time, Trump was at Trump Tower in New York City.
In September, Melania Trump shared a video on X, quoting the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which affirms, “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated…”
She followed by stating, “I never imagined my privacy would be invaded by the government here in America. The FBI raided my home in Florida and searched through my personal belongings. This is not just my story; it serves as a warning to all Americans, a reminder that our freedom and rights must be respected.”
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— MELANIA TRUMP (@MELANIATRUMP) September 14, 2024
Melania stated that the FBI “rummaged through my personal belongings.” Asked if that made her angry, she recalled, “Yeah, it made me angry. Yes. Invasion of privacy. The way it was done, I was really surprised. … I saw unpleasant stuff, that nobody wants to see it. And you get angry because, you know, nobody should be putting up with that kind of stuff. Some person, I don’t even know who, or how many people, they went through my stuff.”
About a month after the FBI raid, Trump posted on Truth Social, saying, “I’ll soon be heading to the scene of the unwarranted, unjust, and illegal Raid and Break-In of my home in Florida, Mar-a-Lago. I’ll be able to see for myself the results of the unnecessary ransacking of rooms and other areas of the house. It has already been proven that so much has been wrongfully taken; it is not a ‘pretty thing.’ So sad! The 4th Amendment, and much more, has been totally violated—a grave invasion of privacy. I will keep the American public informed on TRUTH!”
In July, U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon dismissed Trump’s confidential documents case.
