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A one-time top spokesman for former President Donald Trump says she saw the embattled Republican show off classified documents to guests at his Mar-a-Lago resort. Stephanie Grisham, who served as both White House communications director and press secretary — as well as press secretary and chief of staff to then-first lady Melania Trump — made the claim on MSNBC’s “Alex Witt Reports” Saturday when asked about her former boss’s alleged mishandling of the top secret files. “I watched him show, uh, documents to people at Mar-a-Lago on the dining room patio. So, he has no respect for classified information. Never...

Former President Donald Trump lashing out at his ex-press secretary Kayleigh McEnany came as no surprise to her predecessor Stephanie Grisham. Grisham, who served as White House press secretary in 2019, told CNN’s Jim Acosta that Trump’s Truth Social rant dubbing her successor “Kayleigh ‘Milktoast’ [sic] McEnany” was par for the course. “This is what he does,” Grisham said Saturday. “He uses you until there is no use for you anymore, or until you dare to say something that could possibly be construed against him.”

Donald Trump regularly mishandled classified documents while President, his former press secretary has alleged after the FBI raided his Mar-a-Lago mansion in an apparent hunt for records he is accused of illegally taking when he left office. Stephanie Grisham, a confidant of both Donald and Melania Trump before turning on them over the January 6 storming of the Capitol, said she saw him rip up documents and put some into his pocket during her time at the White House. 'The President of the United States did not handle classified documents properly,' she told CNN Monday night, hours after the FBI...

Former First Lady Melania Trump is slamming her former chief of staff, Stephanie Grisham, for claiming Trump did not want to speak out against the violence unfolding at the U.S. Capitol on January 6 and, in fact, says Grisham is guilty of “dereliction of duty” for not informing her boss about the event.Official Statement from Mrs. Melania Trump pic.twitter.com/Ara8VESmRl— Office of Melania Trump (@OfficeofMelania) July 22, 2022The first lady defended her duties on January 6 in a statement posted on social media:On January 6 2021, I was fulfilling one of my duties as First Lady of the United States of...

Former Trump administration White House officials courting left-wing and partisan Democrat news media follow a particular formula, filmmaker and political observer Amanda Milius said on Tuesday’s edition of the Breitbart News Daily podcast with host Alex Marlow.Milius highlighted Alyssa Farah Griffin and Stephanie Grisham, both former communications officials with the Trump administration, as illustrative of how former White House employees under Republican presidents partake in self-aggrandizement within the leftist media ecosystem.“Alyssa Farah [has] become like the classic ‘I left the Trump administration, completely changed my politics, everybody’s an extremist but me, and I got the TV money and I injected...

Former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham said Wednesday on ABC’s “The View” that she hopes former President Donald Trump gets charged in connection with the January 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol. When asked about her whereabouts on January 6, Grisham said, “I was at home sitting in my bedroom because of COVID, The East Wing wasn’t — nobody was coming in. I had a really bad feeling that day and as soon as it started. Of course, I sent Mrs. Trump a text and said, you know, I think you should tweet out that protest is the...

PepsiCo’s ex-CEO privately called Vladimir Putin a “great leader” at a high-level meeting in Switzerland shortly after Russia annexed Crimea in 2014 — rankling fellow business leaders even as she cultivated unusually cozy ties with the Russian president, The Post has learned. Indra Nooyi — who ran the Purchase, NY-based soda-and-snacks giant from 2006 to 2018 — raised eyebrows more than once as she aggressively sought to build ties with Putin’s Russia. Her bold investments began to unravel on Tuesday as the company, along with archrival Coca-Cola, said it was suspending soda sales and advertising in Russia. Pepsi shares dipped...

Former White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham said that after working under former president Trump, it was clear to her he "admired" Russian President Vladimir Putin and his willingness to stifle dissent.. I think he wanted to be able to kill whoever spoke out against him."

Former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham said on Tuesday that former President Donald Trump both feared and admired Russian President Vladimir Putin. "Honestly, I think he feared him. I think he was afraid of him. I think the man intimidated him," Grisham said during an appearance on "The View," when asked about Trump's impression of Putin. "I also think he admired him greatly," Grisham said. "I think he wanted to be able to kill whoever spoke out against him." "In my experience with him, again, I'll just say — he loved the dictators. He loved the people who could...

Former White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham said Tuesday on ABC’s “The View” that her gay son was “rightfully” ashamed she worked for then-President Donald Trump. While discussing Florida’s so-called “Don’t Say Gay” bill, co-host Whoopi Goldberg added, “How about kids who have same-sex parents? If you’re the child of a same-sex couple, you can’t talk about your weekend with your folks, all the stuff you all did. I don’t understand the point. I don’t understand making kids’ lives harder than they need to be.” Co-host Sunny Hostin said, “The cruelty is the point … It’s to shame families. It’s...

Former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham said Thursday that more than a dozen of her former Trump administration colleagues plan to meet next week to try and stop former President Donald Trump as he continues to "manipulate people and divide our country." "Next week, a group of former Trump staff are going to come together, administration officials are going to come together and we're going to talk about how we can formally do some things to try and stop him and also, the extremism, that that kind of violence, rhetoric that has been talked about and continues to divide...

Stephanie Grisham, a former White House press secretary, said on Sunday that she believed former President Donald Trump would run for his old job in 2024 and hire "people of the January 6 mind." During an appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press," Grisham told host Chuck Todd that she was initially skeptical of another presidential bid by the former president. "At first, I really didn't think he'd run again," she said. "I honestly thought this was a lot of his bluster, which he's good at doing. He was doubling down. He'll never admit to losing. I thought he was going...

Former Trump press secretary Stephanie Grisham said Tuesday on CNN’s “The Lead” that former President Donald Trump attempted a “coup” and she will cooperate with the January 6 congressional select committee. Grisham said, “There are citizens out there who don’t realize what a 2024 Donald Trump presidency can look like. And I’m just hoping against hope that I, by being completely honest, can help people just understand what the consequences could truly be.”

House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., shot back after former White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham claimed that Melania Trump refused to visit Scalise in the hospital after he had gotten shot at a practice for the Congressional Baseball Game in 2017. ...In her book "I'll Take Your Questions Now: What I Saw at the Trump White House," Grisham wrote that the first lady's staff asked her if she wanted to visit the Scalises, who had gathered in the Blue Room at the White House, and she declined... Scalise condemned the claim in no uncertain terms. "This is how the...

Former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham took on Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) in her new book, writing that the veteran lawmaker “was using Trump to mop up the freebies like there was no tomorrow.” Grisham in her new book “I’ll Take Your Questions Now,” set to be released on Tuesday, writes that Graham would use the president to receive free rounds of gold, food and access to celebrities. “It struck me that he was using Trump to mop up the freebies like there was no tomorrow (seems that he still is). He would show up at Mar-a-Lago or Bedminster...

Former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham, who worked for Donald Trump for more than five years, now says she fears another four years with Trump in the White House. "I am terrified of him running for president in 2024," said Grisham, who also served as East Wing chief of staff, in an interview Monday on ABC's "Good Morning America," a promotional appearance for her memoir, "I'll Take Your Questions Now," which is scheduled for release this week. "I don't think (Trump) is fit for the job." Grisham's take on the former President's fitness for the job came as she...

Stephanie Grisham, White House press secretary to first lady Melania Trump, is out with a book that paints a deeply unflattering picture of Donald Trump — a man with a “terrifying” temper who ogled a young aide and tried to impress dictators while president, she writes. Grisham describes Melania as a Marie Antoinette figure who refused to condemn the violence at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 as Trump's supporters stormed the building to halt certification of 2020 election results. Grisham writes she texted Melania Trump as the scene unfolded. “Do you want to tweet that peaceful protests are the...

Former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham in a new book says former President Trump’s anger toward her and others was “terrifying.” Grisham, who served as press secretary for nine months before moving to the first lady’s office, writes in her new book, “I’ll Take Your Questions Now,” that she started to regret her decision to work in the West Wing when she saw Trump’s temper “wasn’t just for shock value or the cameras.” “When I began to see how his temper wasn’t just for shock value or the cameras ... I began to regret my decision to go to...

Former First Lady Melania Trump on Monday responded to news of her former press secretary, Stephanie Grisham, writing a tell-all book about her and the Trumps, apparently exposing “surprising new scandals.” “The intent behind this book is obvious. It is an attempt to redeem herself after a poor performance as press secretary, failed personal relationships, and unprofessional behavior in the White House,” Mrs. Trump’s office said in a statement. According to Politico, Melania’s mention of Grisham’s “failed personal relationships” appears to be a reference to her former aide’s “past relationship with former Trump aide Max Miller.” “Citing three people familiar...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Stephanie Grisham, chief of staff and press secretary for first lady Melania Trump, has resigned following violent protests at the U.S. Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump. Grisham says in a statement Wednesday that it was an “honor” to serve the country in the White House and be part of he first lady’s “mission” to help children. Grisham was one of Trump’s longest serving aides, having joined the campaign in 2015. She served as the White House press secretary and never held a press briefing.