Trump staffer takes responsibility for Michelle Obama passages in Melania Trump speech
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CLEVELAND — After struggling for more than 24 hours to come up with a coherent explanation for how portions of a 2008 speech by Michelle Obama had reappeared in the remarks delivered by Melania Trump at the Republican National Convention, a Trump staff writer said Wednesday that she was responsible and apologized for the “confusion.”
In a statement, Meredith McIver said she was an “in-house staff writer.” She took responsibility for including the passages from Michelle Obama’s speech — though she said she had not revisited the speech herself, only listened as Melania read parts of Obama’s speech that she liked to McIver over the phone.
McIver said she offered her resignation to Trump and his family on Tuesday, but they had declined to accept it. “Mr. Trump told me that people make innocent mistakes and that we learn and grow from these experiences,” she said.
“I apologize for the confusion and hysteria my mistake has caused,” McIver said.
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