Melania says team ‘betrayed’ her with that Michelle Obama speech plagiarism scandal

Melania Trump has ruthlessly blamed theTrump campaign and singled out one particular staff member for the embarrassing scandal where she was accused of plagiarising Michelle Obama’s speech.

The former first lady, whose memoir Melania was released on Tuesday, revisits the controversy surrounding her 2016 speech at the Republican National Convention and says she felt “a profound sense of betrayal” by staff members over the saga.

In the book, Melania admits the speech contained “undeniable similarities” to Obama’s 2008 Democratic National Convention Speech as she accused the campaign’s team of “fail[ing] to implement even the most fundamental safeguard.”

“Why was the speech not vetted?” she asks.

The Trump campaign enlisted Meredith McIver – an in-house writer of the Trump Organization and “a longtime friend” of the family – to support Melania with the speechwriting, she writes.

During the research, Melania says she was drawn to Obama’s speech years earlier.

“During my review of many speeches of previous First Ladies, Michelle’s emphasis on the fundamental values of hard work, integrity, and kindness resonated deeply, reflecting the core principles that were instilled in me by my parents during my upbringing in Slovenia,” Melania writes.

“In my discussions with Meredith, I conveyed the significance of parents imparting these values to their children. While I relied on Meredith to help me with the speech and the campaign to review it, I was pleased with the final result.”

The speech went down well at the RNC and Melania was riding high. But it didn’t last.

“My sense of accomplishment on our flight back home swiftly turned to dismay and shock as news of a potential accusation of plagiarism reached our campaign,” Melania’s