Meredith McIver, an in-house staff writer for the Trump Organization, has taken responsibility for the plagiarism in Melania Trump’s speech at the RNC. In the speech Monday night, Melania Trump read multiple sections of Michelle Obama’s 2008 DNC speech. Meredith McIver says Ms. Trump talked about liking Michelle Obama’s speech and had read parts of the text to her on the phone. McIver says she then left some lines of Michelle Obama’s speech in the final draft. But ThinkProgress is now reporting McIver’s apology is sparking additional questions about whether Trump’s campaign has broken any laws by receiving illegal contributions from his company. McIver works for the Trump Organization, and the apology was printed on the company’s letterhead. Former Federal Election Commission general counsel Lawrence Noble told ThinkProgress, “His company is not supposed to be supporting his campaign. The lines are becoming very blurred.”
Trump Staffer Takes Responsibility for Plagiarizing Michelle Obama
HeadlineJul 21, 2016