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Trump’s Personal Assistant Resigns Over ‘Off-The-Record’ Conversation With Reporters

Paul Bois
Trump’s Personal Assistant Resigns Over ‘Off-The-Record’ Conversation With Reporters
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President Donald Trump’s personal assistant Madeleine Westerhout resigned from her job after the White House learned that she had revealed personal information about Trump and his family to reporters in an “off-the-record” conversation. How the White House learned about the conversation has sparked speculation, with one Republican insider alleging that a Washington Post journalist “burned” Westerhout.

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