Who's been impersonating Melania Trump's plagiarist, Meredith McIver?
(That is the title of this Daily Beast article, but "McIver" actually would have been Michelle Obama's plagiarist, not Melania's.)
And now someone is impersonating McIver. McIver, who apparently is a real person, says she has no Facebook or Twitter presence. Someone named "Brian" claims -- but hasn't proven -- hat he was hired by the RNC to set up and maintain the McIver twitter account after McIver wrote the letter taking responsibility for the plagiarism.
Twitter has suspended the McIver account, which they wouldn't have done unless the holder was being abusive or the account was a fake.
The plot thickens.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/08/03/who-s-impersonating-melania-trump-s-plagiarist-meredith-mciver.html
The account @imeredithmciver began tweeting on July 20, the day after Melania Trump’s prime-time Republican National Convention speech was upended by the revelation that she had cribbed some lines from an address by Michelle Obama at the 2008 Democratic National Convention. And it is still posing as McIver to this day, with no comment or pushback from the Trump campaign.
As the campaign is in the throes of daily sparring with a Gold Star family, fire marshals, and even the speaker of the House, there’s been no acknowledgment of the fake social media presence of McIver, who told The Daily Beast she has no online presence. Multiple people have emailed The Daily Beast claiming to have some knowledge about the mysterious appearance of the account, ranging from abject satire to claims the Trump campaign is actually behind it.
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The McIver account itself did not respond to direct messages requesting more information, but someone claiming to run it sent an extensive email to The Daily Beast claiming that the RNC hired them.
“I worked for the Trump campaign in Cleveland last week, doing some light digital work as needed,” the individual, who identified himself only as “Brian,” wrote. “On Wednesday, as the statement was released regarding the plagiarism controversy, I was approached by campaign staffers to create a Twitter account for this persona as part of what was described as a ‘grassroots’ effort to help squash the scandal before it could become something bigger. While I think they believed the statement would be widely accepted, they apparently wanted to ensure there was something to fall back on as people began to inevitably ask questions.”
“Brian” claimed that Jason Miller, the communications director for the campaign, had written out some explicit instructions for tweets and put them on an Excel sheet. “Brian” provided a screenshot of the alleged spreadsheet to The Daily Beast but would not provide proof of contracting by the campaign. Miller did not comment on the veracity of the claim.
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