Melania Trump’s shocking White House statement Thursday denying any relationship with Jeffrey Epstein could be an attempt to get ahead of a future story, podcast host Jennifer Welch says. Welch, co-host of the I’ve Had It podcast, suggested that it would be naive to give the first lady the benefit of the doubt after she called for Congress to allow Epstein’s survivors to testify. “I don’t believe Melania Trump has credibility for anything,” Welch told The Daily Beast Podcast host Joanna Coles. “In a normal world, I wish we could take the first lady at her word and say, ‘OK, she’s calling for a full investigation.’”