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In a statement released by the White House, the first lady refers to Ms. Wolkoff as a “former contractor” who “barely knew me” and “clung to me” after Donald Trump won the presidency.
Ms. Trump accuses her of posting secretly recorded parts of conversations out of context and writing a book of “idle gossip” to distort her character.
“There are many opportunists who only care about themselves and, sadly, seek to self-aggrandize themselves knowingly taking advantage of my good will,” says the first lady.
Having been ill with Covid-19, she has used the last few weeks to reflect on personal matters, describing her time as first lady as one of the most honorable and important roles she has ever assumed.
He reiterates that he has devoted his time and effort to his ‘Be Best’ campaign to help children, but says that most of the time “information that could be useful to children is lost in the noise of selfish adults.”
Targeting the media, Ms Trump says the mainstream media enthusiastically covered her ex-friend’s lewd claims and “chose to focus their coverage on pettiness about my positive work.”
“I would like to remind the media that they have a choice to focus on our next generation,” he says. “As a country, we cannot continue to lose ourselves in the noise of negativity and foster the ambition of those who only seek to promote themselves.”
In addition to his book, Melania and I: the rise and fall of my friendship with the first ladyMs. Wolkoff has posted a series of recordings of telephone conversations with the first lady in which she talks about Stormy Daniels, detention centers and separated children at the border, among other topics.
Since then, the Justice Department has accused her of violating a confidentiality agreement and is pushing for the proceeds of the book to be deposited in a government trust.
A lawsuit, filed in the United States District Court in Washington, says the former adviser did not submit her book for government review before its publication in September.
“The United States seeks to make Ms Wolkoff fulfill her contractual and fiduciary obligations and to ensure that she does not unfairly enrich herself by her failure to fulfill the duties that she freely assumed when she served as advisor to the first lady,” the complaint read .
The former adviser denies doing anything that violates her agreement with the first lady.
“I’ve been working with First Amendment attorneys all the time, pre-publication attorneys, so this was handled very carefully,” the author told ABC. The view in September. “I did not violate the NDA.”
