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'Lock Her Up' trends after Melania Trump's ex-aide reveals FLOTUS used private email accounts in White House

Stephanie Winston Wolkoff said Melania corresponded with her multiple times a day, saying 'Melania and I both didn’t use White House emails'
UPDATED SEP 2, 2020
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Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, a close friend and former aide of Melania Trump, claimed in a recent interview that the first lady 'regularly' used a private Trump Organization email account, which could be accessed from a MelaniaTrump.com domain, iMessage and an encrypted messaging app while in the White House. 

Wolkoff made the revelations while talking about her tell-all memoir, 'Melania and Me: The Rise and Fall of My Friendship with the First Lady,' which was released on September 1, in an interview with The Washington Post. She said Melania and she corresponded multiple times a day. “Melania and I both didn’t use White House emails,” she said.

The publication said it "viewed messages dated after the inauguration that appear to be from private email and messaging accounts used by Melania Trump" which included "finances for the presidential inauguration, key parts of which Winston Wolkoff, an experienced New York City events producer, planned." Other topics that were discussed were government hires and contracts, schedules for Melania and President Donald Trump, plans for an overseas trip, the first lady’s Be Best initiative and the Easter egg roll. 

As soon as news of Melania using her private email account for official business hit the news circuit, reactions started pouring in on social media as people likened the current scenario to the FBI launching an investigation into the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, which became the POTUS' campaign focus at the time. He also continued to raise the issue during his re-election campaign with his supporters often chanting 'Lock Her Up' at the rallies.

"Melania trump used private email accounts in the White House. LOCK HER UP. Turnabout is fair play," said a user.



 

Another said, "Trump’s rally-goers are going to break out in 'Lock Her Up' chants when they hear about this."



 

"Ivanka, Jared, Bannon, Miller, Priebus, Cohn, and now Melania have all used private emails in the White House. I'm sure those Republicans screaming 'LOCK HER UP' about Hillary will apologize for their hypocrisy any minute now... ... ... Still waiting," added a user.



 

"LOCK HER UP! THESE ARE trump's WORDS TO HILLARY C. So melania should be locked up!," said another.



 

One user posted, "LOCK HER UP! Melania Trump used private email accounts for government business. By Donald Trump's own standards, that deserves prison. Also, Melania is a monster who likes having kids in cages and tried to destroy her best friend for personal gain".



 

Another tweeted, "#MelaniaTapes Lock Her Up Melania used a private e-mail account. What did we keep hearing about Hillary?"



 

A user said, "We all know they will never LOCK HER UP! I’m willing to bet Trump uses WhatsApp and private email to communicate with our real President Putin too. We have such a lawless justice system, corrupt GOP, and President. NO ONE EVER DOES ANYTHING ABOUT THE BLATANT CORRUPTION! @pelosi"



 

"I wouldn't Lock Her Up, I'd deport her. Exile works for me. Let her go back to her "Sh**hole Country" and take Clownald with her," added another.



 

Wolkoff's book reportedly does not feature anything about the email allegations. She also appeared on MSNBC on Tuesday night and defended privately recording conversations she had with the first lady. "If she was my friend, it would be horrible," she said. "But Melania and the White House had accused me of criminal activity and publicly shamed and fired me and made me their scapegoat. At that moment in time, that's when I pressed record. She was no longer my friend and she was willing to let them take me down."

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