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Melania Trump’s ex-aide files to dismiss DOJ suit on tell-all book

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Stephanie Winston Wolkoff says she complied with the terms of her White House nondisclosure agreement.

First lady Melania Trump’s former confidant and onetime aide filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit against her by the Justice Department after she disclosed embarrassing details about the first lady in a tell-all book.

Stephanie Winston Wolkoff was accused of violating a nondisclosure agreement with the White House by publishing her book, “Melania and Me: The Rise and Fall of My Friendship With the First Lady.” The suit, filed in October, alleges Winston Wolkoff violated a nondisclosure agreement signed when she agreed to volunteer as an aide to Melania Trump and seeks to recover profits from her book sales.

Winston Wolkoff argues she fulfilled the requirements of the confidentiality agreement, which she says ended when the White House terminated it. Continue reading.

Trump inaugural committee directed $26 million for event production to firm connected to Melania Trump adviser

The following article by Michael Kranish and Ashley Parker was posted onthe Washington Post website February 15, 2018:

A quarter of the money spent by the inaugural committee flowed through a firm connected to event planner Stephanie Winston Wolkoff. Credit: Drew Angerer/Getty Images

President Trump’s inaugural committee paid $26 million for event production services to a firm connected to a friend of first lady Melania Trump, Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, who serves as a volunteer adviser in the East Wing, according to officials and newly released tax filings.

The firm passed along the vast majority of the funds — $24 million — to other vendors who provided entertainment, staffing and other services, according to a committee document detailing the spending. Wolkoff, who employed about a dozen staff members for the event, retained $1.62 million for consulting and executive production, according to a person familiar with the arrangement. Continue reading “Trump inaugural committee directed $26 million for event production to firm connected to Melania Trump adviser”