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Equinox Moon

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11. Melania Trump cuts ties to friend/adviser... (2.27.2018)

Reply to kentuck (Reply #4)

Fri Dec 14, 2018, 08:52 AM

Dec 2018

Melania Trump cuts ties to friend/adviser whose firm got $26 million for Trump inauguration

First lady Melania Trump's New York friend, Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, has been cut loose from her team as an unpaid adviser after controversy arose over the $26 million her firm received from the presidential inaugural committee.

Mrs. Trump's spokeswoman, Stephanie Grisham, confirmed Tuesday to USA TODAY that the first lady's office has "severed the gratuitous services contract" (aka "contracted volunteer&quot

it had with Wolkoff, a New York-based event planner and longtime friend of FLOTUS.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2018/02/27/melania-trump-cuts-ties-friend-adviser-whose-firm-got-26-m-trump-inauguration/376853002/

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Inaugural Committee Gave Over $25 Million to Melania's Friend [View all] CousinIT Dec 2018 OP

Shell company ...money laundering...hmm Demsrule86 Dec 2018 #1

Oh, no! You mean Melania might have to 'lawyer up,' too? janterry Dec 2018 #2

Melanie will need to flip in an attempt to save her corrupt drumpfian ass! democratisphere Dec 2018 #6

Is that Mel's golden parachute for when she bails out? NightWatcher Dec 2018 #3

I'm sure the Trump Organization did not get a penny of it. kentuck Dec 2018 #4

Here. democratisphere Dec 2018 #8

Per Wikipedia: senior advisor to first lady Melania Trump Equinox Moon Dec 2018 #10

Melania Trump cuts ties to friend/adviser... (2.27.2018) Equinox Moon Dec 2018 #11

republican grifters stuffing their freaking grifting pockets Achilleaze Dec 2018 #5

Da gub'mint use'ta make one thousand dollar bills. 3Hotdogs Dec 2018 #14

And I bet Ms Wolkoff netted less than PCIntern Dec 2018 #7

What shocks me is Scarsdale Dec 2018 #9

They were buying access to the WH. It was KPN Dec 2018 #21

Something in Denmark stinks..... ProudMNDemocrat Dec 2018 #12

Mueller already knows exactly where it went ... EffieBlack Dec 2018 #15

C'mon now, watoos Dec 2018 #13

Remember Way Back When Rachel Maddow Raised Questions About The Inaugural Money....nt global1 Dec 2018 #16

The stuff that Rachel brought up is coming to light now. watoos Dec 2018 #17

Absolutely... Wounded Bear Dec 2018 #20

WOO HOO!!! orangecrush Dec 2018 #18

Yet another money laundering scheme from the Trump Cartel. MineralMan Dec 2018 #19

This whole administration is a mob operation. KPN Dec 2018 #22

They do not pass up a chance to grab money Buckeyeblue Dec 2018 #23