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Melania Trump's dark past continues to surface and Melania is panicking as the witness she feared the most is going public yet again, drip by drip. Melania is being tortured by one of her former good friends, Amanda Ungaro. Ungaro was the previous girlfriend of Paulo Zompoli. Zompoli is purportedly the person who in 1998 introduced Melania Trump to Donald Trump. At the Kit Kat Club in Manhattan. Zompoli ran a modeling agency where he would bring in young Eastern European girls and women as so called models. And Zompoli was also thinking about running a modeling agency with Jeff Epstein. More on that in a moment as well. One of the models that Zampoli brought into the United States was Melania Trump. At one of these Kit Kat Club parties with the models and the wealthy Manhattan men, that's where Melania was introduced to Donald Trump. Zompoli played matchmaker. And Amanda Ungaro, who's the mother of Zompoli's child, knew Melania and Donald very well because Zompoli stayed close friends with Donald Trump and Melania. And recently when there was this Ungoro and Zampoli child custody dispute, Ungaro alleges that Zampoldi used his connections within the government to expedite her deportation proceedings. By Zompoli calling ICE now. You know from watching the Midas Touch Network that Zompoli has a position in the United States government now at an ambassadorship level. He's like an ambassador, special convoy for cultural affairs and events. So he is always on the road with Donald Trump. When Trump's visiting his fascist friends or when you had J.D. vance meeting with Orban, Zompoli is there. So Zompoli is very much in the know of all of these things. And so Amanda Ungaro just made a social media post after we Had Zompoli on a Italian documentary that Zompoli tried to shut down on the Italian Broadcasting Network, RY Tray or Rye 3R A I3. And they got a lot of dirt on Zoli. Zoli had his lawyers try to shut down Rye 3. One of the things that Zompoli was saying on this documentary is that, you know, you can't believe Ungaro. She's a Brazilian woman, but Brazilian woman. They're all about their tele novella lying. It's in their DNA that they're a bunch of liars. Now, that caused massive backlash at Zampoli. But that's the kind of guy Zamp is. I mean, lots of people say Zompoli is, in their opinion, a dirt bag, a scumbag. And he always has been a scumbag, a lowlife, but someone who's always festered in Donald Trump's orbit. Somebody who Donald. These are the type of scumbags that Donald Trump likes. So why is this all a big deal for Melania now? Well, Ungaro previously said to the Courier and others that she had a lot of dirt, a lot of information about the truth about a lot of people based on what she knows from being Zompoli's ex girlfriend and Zompoli knowing about that introduction between Melania and Donald. How did Melania get that immigration status to even arrive in the U.S. you know, Melania lied and claimed that she got a college degree, but it turned out she didn't get a college degree. She completed about a semester or two. So did she question, did she lie to get here? Was she really, you know, doing what she said that she was doing? What's the real story with Melania? Zompoli obviously knows these answers and Ungaro is implying that Zompoli told her. And it should be noted that. Remember when Melania did that bizarre press conference about two weeks ago where she goes, I need to talk about Jeffrey Epstein. All of the Epstein photos of me and Epstein and me and Ghislaine are all false. None of this is true. None of the emails that you see, these are manipulators out there. There are fabricators out there and they all. Maybe I shouldn't do the accident. Maybe I shouldn't. Tell me in the comments if I should. But she said that all the stuff is lies. The email between her and Ghislaine where she goes, gee, what do you look great in the New York magazine article. So does J. Jeffrey Epstein. And the emails back from Ghislaine, sweet pea. You know, I guess Melania Saying, I don't know that what. None of that. None of that's real. The photos of Melania and Jeffrey and Ghislaine, I guess those aren't real, according to Melania. I mean, we know that a lot of those photos are real. I'm sure that there's some AI photos out there, but, I mean, a lot of the photos are real. I mean, the key photos are, like, real photographs. But Melania giving that press conference we now know seem to be, in our opinion, of course, is related to this Rye 3 Italian documentary that was coming out. That. That. That he sat for. That Zampoli sat for this Zampoli's Italian, and they're one of the big Italian broadcasters that he sat for it. There were these legal disputes, and it probably came out that he was going to, you know, not look good on this documentary. You think he doesn't look good anywhere? He is. And so that started her saying they were all of these liars and fabricators, you know, and she was basically attacking Ungaro and Rye 3 and all these people putting information out now about some poly. And then after Melania gave that press conference, Zompoli was like, I'm happy to testify before the House or the Senate to prove that I was the person that introduced Melania to Donald Trump in 1998, not Jeffrey Epstein. He did not make the introduction. Okay, Zompoli, well, you wanted to start a modeling agency with Epstein when you knew about all of the bad stuff, or you seemed to. At least, in my opinion, you seem to have known about a lot of bad stuff that Epstein was doing. And you wanted to start a modeling agency with Epstein or acquire a modeling agency. Okay, so you were the one who made the introduction. Okay. And then Democrats were like, feasting. They're like, we got zombie in a deposition. Sure. Let's take this deposition of Zompoli under oath. Let's ask him all the questions that were never answered about Melania's background. What's. Melania was true immigration status. How did she get here? And how did she get an Einstein visa? Zompoli, how would you work with your girls to get them expedited visas here? Um, what was Melania doing here? How did the real introduction take place? What do you know about Epstein? Tell us all the dirt that Donald told you. What do you know about Donald Trump? And then what are the House Republicans do? You've been following the Midas Touch network, so you know what the House Republicans did, right? They said, okay, no more hearings, no more subpoenas. No more depositions. Instead, we want to do roundtables where we're not even going to do subpoenas anymore. People can voluntarily show up. It'll be like an informal setting. And Democrats are like, absolutely not. We're doing subpoenas, ad hearings. What do you mean we're not doing hearings anymore? After Zombie said that he was going to testify about Melania, Zompoli believed he was helping her. And then I think they realized, yeah, that's not going to go too good. And what else did we learn? We learned that Republicans in the House of. According to James Comer, this is what James Comer said. Republicans in the House of Representatives are working with Donald Trump to get Ghislaine a pardon, and they're trying to expedite a pardon for Ghislaine. So you put all of these pieces together, and I had to give you that as the background, because now let's take a look at what that witness said. What did Amanda Ungaro, who's known Melania for like two decades, who's known Zompoli, who's in the world. So she knows everything, right? At least we think she does. Here's what she had to say. Here's what she posted. Amanda Garo posted the following message recently. Just yesterday. She posted this on Saturday. There's nothing like a week to reflect upon the major events involving Paulo Zompoli. Incredible as it may seem, there is a silver lining to every negative story. Yes, it has been 20 years of observing a mind bent on illicit activities, bribery and sycophancy with just one objective, an objective centered on the destruction of the female figure, involving a profound disrespect, respect for women's sexuality. To Paulo Zampoli, as he himself claims, women are something he appreciates, specifically the beautiful ones. However, he was not molded or raised to appreciate them like a cultured gentleman, but rather like an abuser from the underworld. He vulgarizes women. He disparages femininity, the subtlety of women with repulsive words. When speaking of women, he is actually speaking of his own twisted relationship with the very first woman in his life, his own mother. He hates him everything that womanhood represents. To Paulo Zompoli, sex is a bargaining chip. It is a savagery, the manifestation of an animal acting purely on instinct. He managed to secure a massive contract that brought him grand promises and government protection. Pause there. Let me read that again, and let me read it to you slowly. He managed to secure a massive contract that brought him grand promises and. And government protection. Everyone knows to whom I refer. Everyone knows to whom I refer. Yet another slave to his power driven threats. Paulo drips with sweat and is repulsive in appearance, a fact that is a constant source of commentary and disgust. In his latest triumphant gambit, he managed to offend every woman in the world with a special focus on Brazilian women. Regrettably, he exploited mine innocence, and through me he was able to fulfill his great. Regrettably. Explain it. Through me, he's able to fill his great dream of having a son. A child he has never cared for and never raised. As the old adage goes, the fish gets caught by its own mouth. The mother of his son is me, A beautiful, well educated Brazilian woman from a family he never knew how to respect. I regret having given you the opportunity to become the father of my son. I deserve something far better than a repulsive worm like Paulo's on Polo. A man who fills so many things with disgust. You are a pathological liar. You have never sold a single apartment, let alone a787 airliner. What you sell very well are the women, the ones you've always used like a big time New York pimp operating under Epstein's command. Good luck explaining the diabolical connection that got you into the position you currently hold. Just referring to his position in the Trump regime. It must be costing you a lot of favors. You aren't real. You are a pathetic lie. Also, just to set you straight, since you are utterly devoid of intelligence, lying under oath, especially in the Senate, is a crime. You will look absolutely splendid in that orange jumpsuit you work so hard for. Soliciting so many favors from Pam Bondi and Stacy Cleveland just to get me put in this place. What a ridiculous and pathetic role for a man of your age to be so submissive and utterly devoid of self respect that he goes to testify under oath and lies like a high school kid. You are a disgrace. You are a total farce. Now, one of the things that we're learning about Zompoli's appearance in this Rye 3 documentary is that this Trump envoy, the guy who introduced Melania to Donald Trump, said that he knew Epstein had young girls. And then when he said that to RY3, the lawyers of Zompoli tried to shut down this interview. Zompoli admission raised questions about his ties to Epstein and the Trump regime's response. There is an episode titled La Guera de Epstein, produced by Rye3, and in this, Zompoli says, they weren't even models. Epstein came to me, we talk. Then the thing fizzled out. Zampoli said, before adding, I knew Epstein had the girls, but they weren't mine. They weren't even models. They were young girls. The models were a cover up for Epstein. Zompoli says now Zompoli, his name appears in the Epstein files multiple times. And Zompoli said to the New York Times and other outlets, isn't it a good thing that my name is in there? Doesn't that show that you were influential and you were in high society, if you will, words to that effect, that I was in the files. Now Zampoli's lawyers and Zombie deny the allegations against him. They tried to shut down this documentary by rye3, but they went on to publish it. Um, but I think that gives you a full sense of everything that's going on while that's all taking place. Ghislaine Maxwell sent a mysterious USB drive to the Justice Department very recently asking for her case to be dismissed. As all of this is going down as the House Oversight Committee is now with the Republicans working with Trump to try to get Ghislaine Maxwell a pardon. Look, even Marjorie Taylor Greene just posted. I'm shocked that some of my former Republican colleagues on the Oversight Committee are supporting pardoning Elaine Maxwell. The Epstein survivors are adamantly against her receiving a pardon as she was one of their main abusers next to Jeffrey Epstein. And they say she's a serial liar. If Trump gives up, gives her a pardon, it sets up a very potential for a quid pro quo. She will owe Trump. She will lie to protect people who ask her. Two points I want to make about Ghislaine. Number one, Jen Shaw, who was in that Camp Bryan, Texas prison facility with Ghislaine Maxwell. Here's how she describes what went down. Play this clip. Another high profile prisoner was Ghislaine Maxwell. Did you have any interactions with her?
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I had, I, I had interactions with her, limited interactions with her. She, I mean, I worked at recreation, right? And so she would come in and, and work at recreation or, I mean, work to work out. But her experience there is, it's very different from anyone else's. Even Elizabeth and I, she is treated very differently there. And, you know, I didn't have a lot of interaction with her. It was just on a very, you know, she would come over and talk to us and, or I would see her if she would, you know, come by recreation. But, and honestly, I chose, I chose that. I chose to have very limited interaction with her. She made it very publicly known, well, at least to, you know, Elizabeth and I, that there's no remorse there. And again, I obviously don't know all the details of the case or whatever, but I mean, we know enough. It was a lot when the victims would be on TV and talking. She was just complete disregard for them, you know, and this is when they are pouring their hearts out in front of Congress and for this files to be released and stuff. And so to see that kind of behavior when there are real victims that you're seeing and what they've gone through and to be so dismissive of that, that, that just didn't sit with me the right way.
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And here we hear from an Epstein survivor, attorney Jennifer Freeman, what she thinks about the Republicans working with Trump to get Ghislaine Maxwell a pardon. Right now. Here, play this clip right here. The chairman of the House Oversight Committee, James Comer, Republican of Kentucky, told POLITICO on Wednesday that some members of his committee are open to the idea of a pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein's convicted accomplice who's currently in prison, if it would lead to her providing information for their investigation. Now, Comer has not said that he is one of those and he has not identified who is open to it. But what was your reaction to that? That is deeply offensive and insulting and a betrayal to the survivors.
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which to believe that Ghislaine Maxwell is going to provide credible. She was plagiaris. She was perjuring herself already and accused of perjury. And she has never expressed any remorse whatsoever for what she did. So why she should be believed, I don't know. So to give her a pardon in exchange for her, quote, cooperation is a betrayal to the survivors. Finally, Ann Farmer said the following to the House Oversight Committee after news that they're working with Trump to get Ghislaine a pardon. Before you consider a pardon of a convicted sex offender and trafficker, imagine explaining it to your wife, sister or daughter. Could you live with knowing that you've chosen to put a felon who recruited groom and threatened underage girls and young women above survivors? I'll leave it at that. Thanks for watching. Hit subscribe and let's get to 7 million subscribers. Want to stay plugged in? Become a subscriber to our substack@midasplus.com you'll get daily recaps from Ron Filipkowski ad free episodes of our podcast and more exclusive content Only available@midasplus.com.
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Episode: Melania’s Dark Past Surfaces as She is Outed by Top Witness!!!
Date: April 26, 2026
Hosts: Ben Meiselas, Brett Meiselas, Jordy Meiselas
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A deep-dive expose into Melania Trump’s controversial past, focusing on new allegations and inside testimony from Amanda Ungaro, who claims explosive knowledge about Melania’s early days in America, her introduction to Donald Trump, and the powerful, problematic men in their orbit. The episode connects these revelations to the recurring themes of power, corruption, and exploitation within Trump’s inner circle, especially concerning ties to Jeffrey Epstein and renewed efforts to pardon Ghislaine Maxwell.
The brothers explore fresh testimony and claims regarding Melania Trump’s life before the White House, centering on her relationship with Paulo Zampoli—the alleged matchmaker between her and Donald Trump—and Amanda Ungaro, Zampoli’s ex-partner. Ungaro’s public statements and a new Italian documentary give rise to serious questions about Melania’s immigration status, connections to Epstein, and the hidden mechanisms of power, sexism, and exploitation inside Trump’s world.
Introducing the Principal Characters:
Allegations and Scandals:
Immigration and Credentials:
Melania’s Defensive Press Conference:
Zampoli’s Media Crisis:
Escalating Fallout:
Memorable Quotes from Ungaro’s Post:
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Pardon Maneuvering:
Insider Perspectives:
Jen Shaw, a former federal prisoner who briefly interacted with Maxwell, described Maxwell as “completely dismissive” of her victims and “treated very differently” in prison (17:50–19:00).
Victims’ attorney Jennifer Freeman, reacting to pardon talk:
Quotes from survivors challenge Congress to consider the moral cost:
For listeners or readers, this episode stands as both exposé and call-to-action, highlighting the high stakes around the Trump network, its enablers, and the voices fighting to be heard in the shadow of power.