Melania Trump Parts Ways With Adviser Amid Backlash Over Inaugural Contract

[Eugene]

Source: New York Times

By KENNETH P. VOGEL and MAGGIE HABERMAN FEB. 26, 2018

WASHINGTON — The first lady, Melania Trump, has parted ways with an adviser after news about the adviser’s firm reaping $26 million in payments to help plan President Trump’s inauguration.

Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, who has been friends with Mrs. Trump for years, had been working on a contract basis as an unpaid senior adviser to the office of the first lady.

Stephanie Grisham, Mrs. Trump’s spokeswoman, said the office had “severed the gratuitous services contract with Ms. Wolkoff,” who Ms. Grisham said had been employed as “a special government employee” to work on specific projects. “We thank her for her hard work and wish her all the best.”

The contract was terminated last week, according to two people with direct knowledge of the situation.

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Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/26/us/politics/melania-trump-inauguration-adviser.html

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Thanks to the Rachel Maddow Show for the alert.

[Chicago1980]

1. $$$

Another "unpaid" advisor? Oh, they're reaping money via fraud.

So this woman created the company only a few weeks before?

Her name even makes her sound snooty.

Trump is only mad because it bought attention, but Stephanie Winston Wolkoff's actions seem quite Trumpian.

She just took a page out of his book.

[jmowreader]

4. This is going to sound like a ridiculous question...

Does anyone in the Trump Administration draw a paycheck, or is the Trump Administration like the homicide police in Soylent Green, who are "paid" by looting the apartments of the murder victims they respond to?

[Retrograde]

6. Why would anyone settle

for a paltry $100K-200K per year salary - which is subject to the usual taxes and withholding - when you can siphon off millions in tax-free kickbacks and "donations" and other vig, uh, perks on the taxpayers' dime?

[KewlKat]

2. so just what did all this money go for...........follow the money...........

[BigmanPigman]

5. THAT is what I wanted to know too!!!!!

I want it accounted for...every red cent!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

3. Stephanie and Stephanie. Maybe the first was more money than Melania's pre-nup divorce payout. . nt

[Danmel]

7. Winston wolkoff is the daughter in law of a billionaire developer in NY

Who is notorious for using non union labor.
Her motto when running the Met Gala is "no money no come-y"
A perfect bestie for Melania.

[SergeStorms]

8. She helped plan Trump's inauguration.

So what's the Trump's beef? It was the most attended inauguration in U.S. history, correct?

I'd say she did a bang-up job and earned every penny! Plus, it's nice to see the Grifter in Chief get fleeced for once. Payback is a bitch.

[Scarsdale]

9. Was this another

payoff like Stormy Daniels, and the playboy bunny?? We need to know what happened to the millions of unused "donations" for the poorly attended inauguration festivities. The gop would have formed numerous investigations of this strange money disappearance. Gowdy would have stayed in office to lead a couple of the investigations. When tRump does this - silence.

[KewlKat]

10. Rachel talked about this last night. I need to see if there is a transcript

She mentioned that one company got most do this money and had only been recently formed. Anyone catch that? Third lady’s friend only got a bit over 1 million. Who were the other thieves.