Melania Trump said that her chief of staff “failed” to inform her about the violent insurrection on January 6.
The former first lady wrote that on January 6, 2021, she was engrossed in archival work with her team and didn’t know about the attack occurring at the Capitol.
When she received a text from her press secretary asking if she wanted to denounce the violence, she wrote that she was confused.
“I found the question perplexing — when had I ever condoned violence?” she wrote.
She also blamed her chief of staff for not informing her about the violent mob at the Capitol.
“Had I been fully informed of all the details, naturally, I would have immediately denounced the violence that occurred at the Capitol Building,” she wrote. “I have always and will always condemn violence.”
In 2022, Stephanie Grisham, Melania Trump’s former press secretary, shared a screenshot of the alleged text exchange.
“Do you want to tweet that peaceful protests are the right of every American, but there is no place for lawlessness & violence?” Grisham texted Melania Trump, according to the screenshot.
The screenshot showed that Melania Trump replied, “No.”
In response to Melania Trump’s claims in the memoir, Grisham told The Hill that turning on her is “the Trump formula.”
“But whatever makes her feel better — I really don’t care, do you?” she added.
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