The
truth behind Melania Trump's speech finally comes out
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.*
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The scandal surrounding the
speech made waves across the globe
after it was first spotted by journalist Jarret Hill. McIver, though, claimed it was an accident and that
Melania was simply inspired by Michelle Obama, "a person she has always liked."
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