Fallout from Melania Trump plagiarism scandal continues (new)
http://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/headlines/20160721-fallout-from-melania-trump-plagiarism-scandal-continues.eceCLEVELAND -- Fallout from Melania Trump’s plagiarism debacle continued Thursday as Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort tried, again, to clarify the campaign’s inconsistent statements on the matter.
"None of us knew" that Meredith McIver, the woman who has since admitted to lifting parts of a speech by First Lady Michelle Obama for Trump’s prime-time address, “was even involved in the process,” Manafort said Thursday, the final day of the Republican National Convention.
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Manafort said he refuted the plagiarism charges earlier this week based on conversations he had with Melania Trump and “speechwriters."
“I asked Melania Trump what the story was about and she insisted, and I believed her, that these were her words,” he said, later adding: “When the first lady tells me they didn’t do it, and the speechwriters say they didn’t do it, as far as I’m concerned they didn’t do it.”
Manafort erroneously referred to McIver as McIntyre multiple times during his remarks, saying: “I did not know about the role of Ms. McIntyre. When she came forward, we immediately put forward the statement.”
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There are so many things here, first he refers to Melania as the first lady - she ain't yet asswipe. Second, he doesn't know McIvers name.
But still no definitive proof the ghostly Ms. McIver exists. Or McIntyre, or Ms. Baron.
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Fucking piece of shit bastard he is.
Hell, she can't even be the First Plagiarist.
and call Dems liars. They are the ones making this an issue we cannot ignore.
And, the response forced out the speechwriter, who then supplies enough evidence to convict Trump of about five criminal campaign finance law violations. Thanks everyone who contributed to the uproarious fire back.
And she is now lawyered up to the hilt, no doubt.
And at Dick Cheney's undisclosed location (his ranch)
1.) They claim she read the text over the phone, no paper trail admitted.
7.) McIver says is is her fault.
McIver doesn't work for the campaign, she works for Trump corporate, Trump himself. That makes it a crime and Trump's crime if he knew and this was a willful arrangement.
Trump needs to lawyer up and remain silent.
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But as mentioned upthread, she works for the Trump organization, not the campaign, and for Trump, not his wife.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/ellievhall/guys-please-this-convention-is-crazy-enough-without-meredith
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FBI Director Comey is on the case himself. 
because it says that the Trump camp has a mole rat infestation -- and I am NOT referring to the rodent.
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Published: 21 July 2016 10:13 AM so they have no excuse for not telling the whole story.
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In working with Melania Trump on her recent First Lady speech, we discussed many people who inspired her and messages she wanted to share with the American people. A person she has always liked is Michele Obama.
How ironic that is there is now a question as to whether McIver should have written the speech since she's an employee of the Trump organization rather than the Trump campaign. But it's been raised as a legality -- it needs to be raised for a practical reason as well.
How does this appall me? Let me count the ways -- starting with the most obvious one.
With the sole exception of Hillary Clinton and her spouse, Barack Obama and his spouse are supposed to be the greatest natural enemies of Donald Trump and his spouse. I'm certainly not saying that Melania SHOULDN'T like or admire Michelle, and perhaps it's possible to embrace people without embracing their political stances. But as a candidate for First Lady, Melania is now on Republican presidential campaign "company time" where it should be a matter of instinct (if not logic) to avoid seeking moral guidance from Democrats -- it is NOT the smartest way to get voted in.
Of course, the reason why we know that Melania likes Michelle is because McIver spelled it out in her statement. As satisfying as it would be to place all the blame on McIver (especially since she's described as a registered Democrat), you do have to give her the benefit of the doubt (especially since she is NOT described as Trump campaign worker). Still, if Melania was incapable of seeing that she should not be using Michelle Obama as a role model even with her words rewritten, is it wrong to wonder why McIver, given her professional ghostwriting background, didn't see a red flag?
Of course, this all hinges on whether or not the statement is actually true. According to Trump's campaign manager, the speech was the result of "a team of writers" whose choice of words just happened to reflect Michelle's "on occasion." The day after McIver's confession, however, he "asked Melania Trump what the story was about and she insisted, and I believed her, that these were her words...None of us knew (McIver) was even involved in the process.” I can buy that -- it makes sense that the Trump campaign writers wouldn't know what the Trump organization writers were doing (which the way it SHOULD be). And it would explain why it took 48 hours to come up with the "right" culprit. But shouldn't Melania and McIver run the draft past the campaign manager anyway?
Duh Donald(TM) will be delivering his convention acceptance speech very shortly, and a copy of it has already been released. I'm willing to bet that the Trump campaign gave it a clean bill of health first!
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