Report: Author of Melania Trump Speech May Have Violated Campaign Finance Laws

The speechwriter who penned Melania Trump’s highly-anticipated Monday night convention speech continues to find herself in hot water after the Washington Post revealed it may have been a violation of campaign finance laws for GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump to use private corporate resources to write a campaign speech, Raw Story reported late Wednesday. According to the report, Meredith McIver, 65, is a full-time employee of the Trump Organization and not a paid campaign staffer. On Wednesday McIver took responsibility for lifting two passages from Michelle Obama’s 2008 convention speech and using them in Melania Trump’s speech. “On the face of it, this looks like a corporate...