News

Melania Trump Used Private Email To Discuss Government Issues

First Lady Melania Trump used a non-government email after assuming her role, a former close friend and adviser has said.

Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, the author of the soon-to-be-released tell-all memoir titled Melania and Me: The Rise and Fall of My Friendship with the First Lady, told the Washington Post in an interview published late Tuesday that she and the first lady corresponded multiple times per day, and that they “both didn’t use White House emails.”

Melania used a private email account linked to the Trump Organization. The Post, which reviewed messages sent from the private email address, reported that the subject discussed included government hires and contracts, her and the president’s schedules, her anti-cyberbullying campaign Be Best as well as finances for the presidential inauguration.

The allegations Melania is facing are similar to the FBI’s investigation of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton‘s usage of a private email server while in her government role, a scandal that Trump played on during their 2016 race, calling her crimes “worse than Watergate.”

Subscribe to our free weekly newsletter!

A week of political news in your in-box.
We find the news you need to know, so you don't have to.

Melania is not the first in the Trump administration to have raised questions over usage of a private email. Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner both were investigated for using private accounts for government affairs. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross was found to have done so himself, following an inquiry stemming from a 2019 Washington Post report saying the watchdog group Democracy Forward obtained government-related emails from Ross’ private email via a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit.

Katherine Huggins

Recent Posts

Democrats Attack Green Party Nominee Jill Stein In New Ad

A new ad about Green Party candidate Jill Stein has been released by Vice President Kamala Harris'…

12 hours ago

Jennifer Lopez Says Trump ‘Offended Every Latino In The Country’ With MSG Joke At Harris Rally

https://youtu.be/inbJpo6D4BQ Jennifer Lopez, campaigning with Kamala Harris on Oct. 31 in Nevada, said Donald Trump’s…

12 hours ago

Trump National Security Adviser Michael Flynn Says ‘Gates Of Hell’ Will Be Opened On Opponents If Trump Is Reelected

Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn declared that the "gates of hell" would be unleashed if former…

2 days ago

VIDEO: Kamala Harris Hugs First Person In Line For Her Ellipse Rally, Chats With Her Mom

https://youtu.be/JQCdk-71tG0 Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris met with the woman who was the first in…

2 days ago

VIDEO: Harris Vows To Put ‘Country Above Party’ In Front Of 75,000 People At The Ellipse

https://youtu.be/xc72fdqkaVc Vice President Kamala Harris vowed to put “country above party and above self” as…

3 days ago

Trump-Friendly Judge Aileen Cannon In The Running For Attorney General If Former President Wins Second Term

U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon has reportedly been placed on a list of potential attorney general candidates…

3 days ago