<p>The U-S first lady Melania Trump has made a surprise white house address to claim she never had a friendship with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.</p><p>In the past months there's been renewed scrutiny over the Epstein case with millions of files released showing the extent of his connections to the rich and powerful including President Donald Trump</p><p>Mrs Trump complained in her speech about what she described as mean spirited attempts to smear her by association with Epstein and his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell.</p>