Donald Trump has been blaming Melania's speechwriter since 2007
A writer named Meredith McIver took the blame for composing Melania Trump's Republican convention speech, which borrowed generously from Michelle Obama. "This was my mistake, and I feel terrible for the chaos I have caused Melania and the Trumps, as well as to Mrs. Obama. No harm was meant," McIver wrote in an open letter; she reportedly offered her resignation to Trump, which he denied. "She made a mistake... we all make mistakes," Trump said.
Only, McIver has been "making mistakes" for Trump since at least 2007. Trump was in court that year for a deposition by the lawyers of a reporter Trump was trying to sue. In the two days he was under oath, lawyers found 30 different instances of Trump telling exaggerations or flat-out lies. At one point, Trump got caught inflating the amount of debt he was under in his book, How to Get Rich:
It's all rather... convenient. Read about Trump coming clean (kind of) over at The Washington Post.
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