Melania Trump condemns Capitol violence but hits out at ‘false accusations’

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump (Patrick Semansky/AP)

Melania Trump said that she is “disappointed and disheartened” by the deadly riot at the Capitol last week by supporters of her husband.

But in breaking her silence, she also lashed out at people she said have used the tragic event to spread “salacious gossip, unwarranted personal attacks and false and misleading accusations about me”.