Stephanie Winston Wilkoff, a former friend and adviser to First Lady Melania Trump who helped plan President Donald Trump’s inauguration in 2016, stated on Tuesday that the first lady had used private email accounts while in the White House.
Probably a necessity when you’re hoping to flee an abusive relationship.
Why does the phrase “Lock her up” ring a bell?
AND
Lordy, there are Melania tapes…
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"Melania and the White House had accused me of criminal activity, and publicly shamed and fired me, and made me their scapegoat. At that moment in time, that's when I pressed record." -Stephanie Winston Wolkoff on whether she has recordings of the quotes in her new book pic.twitter.com/LpXyWg0MWR
— Maddow Blog (@MaddowBlog) September 2, 2020
Lock 'er up!!!
If I recall, Early on it was reported Jared and Ivanka were using private emails, and possibly even Trump, but I don’t recall that it was ever investigated and/or stopped.
Plus, Jared wanted a special server at a Russian embassy.
But, absolutely no collusion.
…emoji-laden texts…
Hardly a surprise. Melania probably had a custom font that replaced the dot over the “i” with a little heart, and placed unicorns around each capital letter.
Given all the grift surrounding the inaugural, I think there’s a fair chance that Melania will end up being indicted before Trump gets nailed for one of his (many) felonies.
Stephanie Grisham, Trump’s spokesperson, claimed that Winston Wilkoff’s allegations are false and “clearly based on some imagined need for revenge.”
Oh, Stephanie. You’ll come in so handy when they need to blame a crime on someone. You’re perfect for the job!
On the other hand, does a spouse of a POTUS need to use protected servers? I realize that the spouse would be a prime subject for hacking, but it isn’t exactly like Jared and Ivanka using private emails to avoid the WH domain when they are doing WH business. I’m not defending her; I just wonder if she has an obligation (or even a right) to use protected email.
It was a good interview on Maddow last night. Her book is going to bruise a lot of kneecaps in the administration and the Melanie/Ivanka spat is going to spill wide open but keep an eye on the inaugural fund story. Holy shit. The family was grabbing fist-fulls of millions and stuffing their pockets with their donor’s money. It’s not gonna sit well.
It also made me realize that what Michael Cohen’s book will reveal might be incredibly devastating. He reached out to Wilkoff about the inaugural fund and helped her compile the evidence. He’s got his ducks in a row and is armed with loads of incriminating evidence. He’s a smart man and he’s going for the throat.
Private accounts, private domain or private servers? For purposes of comparison with Hillary, it sounds like Melania and others used accounts linked to a private domain, but not that they used a separate physical server. That still clearly violates procedure and is absolutely hypocritical. But while Hillary’s use of a private account linked to a private domain would have come under scrutiny regardless, I would argue that it was the fact that the server was physically located in her house that gave the episode such legs.
Stephanie Grisham, Trump’s spokesperson, claimed that Winston Wilkoff’s allegations are false and “clearly based on some imagined need for revenge.”
After watching the Trump Crime Family for 4 years… I’d say any need for her to seek revenge was likely well-deserved on their part.
Interesting question. The melaniatrump.com domain is hosted on… wait for it… GoDaddy. Bwahahahaha!
Yes, just like Ivanka. . . Who has top secret security clearance confirmed on her by The King of Pigs who demanded Hillary be jailed for the same offense.
There’s a bigger issue here than private email. It was quite clear to those of us who followed the inaugural fund story that Trump plundered it. Winston Wolkoff seems to have receipts and that Melania put her up as the ‘fall guy’, which is a cover-up. In a normal system, that would be prosecuted as obstruction of justice. If you’re Melania Trump and you’ve locked away a lot of money b/c you successfully re-negotiated the pre-nup, you might want to talk to prosecutors and avoid getting charged. There’s only 2 months to Election Day. Do you really want an unleashed SDNY on your trail?
“…Trump was involved in handling the inaugural committee’s expenditures, which are currently under federal and state investigation. Winston Wilkoff stated that she is assisting the investigators, which include the U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York, along with the attorneys general in New Jersey and Washington, D.C.”
Trump has successfully told every other prosecutor and investigatory entity to pound sand, so I expect this will trail off into the deep forest and die a lonely death also.
BUT HER EMAILS, DAHLINK!!!
Melania Achieving Great Assholery
It’s not an abusive relationship and this book apparently puts all that to bed. Melania believes all of the birther, racist, immigrant hating nonsense as much as Trump does. She’s his partner in crime in every sense, not some poor, abused, blow up doll. I’m glad it’s finally coming out because the characterization has been nauseating.
Ivanka has to have one hosted on that as well.
Ummmm…wrong Stephanie?