In-house speechwriter takes fall for Melania Trump's plagiarism
CLEVELAND _ The in-house staff writer did it.
After more than two days of evasion, denials and contradictory explanations, the Trump campaign released a statement Wednesday � "to whom it may concern" � ascribing the plagiarized passages in Melania Trump's convention speech to a scribe working for his corporate operation.
"In working with Melania Trump on her recent first lady speech, we discussed many people who inspired her and messages she wanted to share with the American people," said Meredith McIver, who described herself as a longtime and admirer of the Trump family. "A person she always liked is Michelle Obama."
By McIver's account, Melania Trump read her some passages from Obama's speech at the 2008 Democratic convention and they inadvertently made their way into the final draft that she delivered Monday at the GOP's gathering in Cleveland.
_Tribune Washington Bureau
