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Melania Trump's Lawyer Told Me to Retract. I Hired a Trial Lawyer Instead.

If we don't have a free press, we'll never know what's really happening.

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Zev Shalev
Jul 30, 2026
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Melania Trump's personal lawyer sent me a letter this month demanding I retract Narativ's reporting, apologize, and pay damages. It threatens to sue me if I don't.

I read the letter aloud, in full, on Fivestack on July 27, and declined every demand on air.

Today I've retained John B. Williams, one of America's foremost trial lawyers, to defend this report…

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