7/19/2016
Claiming “I wrote it, with as little help as possible”, Melania Trump first denied the fact that parts of her speech were plagiarized. The next day, Trump campaign staff also denied plagiarism until in-house staff speech writer, Meredith McIver, came clean. “This was my mistake, and I feel terrible for the chaos I have caused Melania and the Trumps, as well as to Mrs. Obama,” McIver wrote. “No harm was meant.”
McIver explained that she asked Melania about her inspirations and the message she wanted to convey during her July 18 prime-time speech at the convention in Cleveland, where her husband officially because the Republican presidential nominee on Tuesday.
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