White House tries to play defense with falsehoods about former Pence aide Troye
The White House moved quickly Thursday to try to discredit Olivia Troye, the former aide to Vice President Mike Pence, after she released a video charging that President Donald Trump failed to protect the public from coronavirus and that he only cared about getting reelected.
In a flurry of statements from White House aides and President Donald Trump, the administration sought to paint Troye as a disgruntled, low-level employee who was fired. But in doing so, the White House made a series of misleading and sometimes outright false statements about the role Troye had on the White House Coronavirus Task Force and the circumstances of her departure.
Troye told CNN she left the Trump administration on her own, and that much of the behavior from the President she cited in the video -- such as accusing the President of suggesting Covid-19 was a good thing because he wouldn't have to shake hands with people -- was witnessed by others.
The White House denied her claims, and in doing so, downplayed her role. White House deputy press secretary Judd Deere said Troye was "never in private meetings with the President," while White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany tweeted Troye "typically sat in the overflow room of task force."
But there are pictures of Troye sitting behind Trump and Pence at a task force meeting, and a White House aide acknowledged she was "present a few times when the President addressed large groups -- like the task force -- where dozens of people were present."
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