A New York Times reporter suggested that first lady Melania Trump's denial of her connection to Jeffrey Epstein on Thursday revealed more questions than answers.
Lulu Garcia-Navarro, an on-air CNN contributor, described how Trump's motive behind the statement could clear up some of the comments she made. And although it was unclear what drove the decision to speak out publicly for the first time, Garcia-Navarro considered several potential scenarios.
"Listen, what is everyone asking here? Why now? Why now?" Garcia-Navarro asked.
"It doesn't make sense politically for the reasons that everyone has outlined," she added. "It doesn't even make sense in her own timeline, other than you were suggesting because of her book, or someone else was suggesting because of her book, she did mention her book in that statement, which was, I have to say, a little strange. But why now? And so I don't think we know the answer to that question, but the answer to that question will tell us what, what exactly she is trying to address here, because everyone is sort of saying, what pictures is she talking about? What stories is she talking about? She doesn't actually address precisely what it is that she is trying to tamp down and reject. We don't know. And so once we understand that, I think we'll have a better sense of what exactly she was trying to get ahead of."