The Daily Beast is taking its medicine after publishing a story amplifying an incendiary claim about Donald and Melania Trump's connection to Jeffrey Epstein. The post ‘Not a Serious Publication’: The Daily Beast Brutally Mocked for Publishing Michael Wolff Claim About the Trumps and Jeffrey Epstein first appeared on Mediaite.

The Daily Beast retracted a story from Wednesday that alleged first lady Melania Trump was “very involved” with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The Beast cited biographer Michael Wolff, who alleged during a Saturday podcast interview with Joanna Coles that Melania was closely associated with Epstein’s circle and met President Donald Trump in 1998