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07-20-2016, 09:23 PM
The truth behind Melania Trump's speech finally comes out
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A Donald Trump staffer and longtime friend of his wife, Melania, has admitted she's at least partly to blame for the plagiarized passages in a speech given on day one of the Republican convention in Cleveland, Ohio, this week.*
Meredith McIver released a statement Wednesday admitting she helped write the speech Melania read, which included statements apparently stolen from First Lady Michelle Obama's 2008 Democratic convention speech.*
SEE ALSO: Here are Michelle Obama and Melania Trump's speeches, side-by-side (http://mashable.com/2016/07/19/melania-trump-michelle-obama/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=)
The scandal surrounding the speech made waves across the globe after it was first spotted by journalist Jarret Hill. (http://mashable.com/2016/07/19/melania-trump-michelle-obama/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) McIver, though, claimed it was an accident and that Melania was simply inspired by Michelle Obama, "a person she has always liked." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/20/melania-trump-speech-mcivera/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Melania Trump (http://mashable.com/category/melania-trump/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Republican National Convention (http://mashable.com/category/republican-national-convention/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Donald Trump (http://mashable.com/category/donald-trump/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Us World (http://mashable.com/category/us-world/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Politics (http://mashable.com/category/politics/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/2KbHiMobOsk
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A Donald Trump staffer and longtime friend of his wife, Melania, has admitted she's at least partly to blame for the plagiarized passages in a speech given on day one of the Republican convention in Cleveland, Ohio, this week.*
Meredith McIver released a statement Wednesday admitting she helped write the speech Melania read, which included statements apparently stolen from First Lady Michelle Obama's 2008 Democratic convention speech.*
SEE ALSO: Here are Michelle Obama and Melania Trump's speeches, side-by-side (http://mashable.com/2016/07/19/melania-trump-michelle-obama/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=)
The scandal surrounding the speech made waves across the globe after it was first spotted by journalist Jarret Hill. (http://mashable.com/2016/07/19/melania-trump-michelle-obama/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) McIver, though, claimed it was an accident and that Melania was simply inspired by Michelle Obama, "a person she has always liked." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/20/melania-trump-speech-mcivera/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Melania Trump (http://mashable.com/category/melania-trump/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Republican National Convention (http://mashable.com/category/republican-national-convention/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Donald Trump (http://mashable.com/category/donald-trump/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Us World (http://mashable.com/category/us-world/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Politics (http://mashable.com/category/politics/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/2KbHiMobOsk