She said she was 'frustrated' by her own boss' ambivalence - even pointing out to Meadows that one of his close friends, Rep. Hutchinson, a 25-year-old former White House aide who was working under Chief of Staff Mark Meadows during the attack, detailed some of President Donald Trump and Meadows' behavior during the MAGA riot to the House January 6 committee. Stephanie Grisham tweeted out her exchange with Melania Trump after former Mark Meadows aide Cassidy Hutchinson spoke of her own 'frustration' in getting Meadows to care about the angry pro-Trump crowd approaching the U.S.
In January 2022, Grisham appeared in-person to speak with members of the House select committee on January 6. 'I sent her an email and cc-ed her senior adviser so I couldn't take it back or be talked out of it. You learned to do that in the Trump White House: make sure you are grounded and not acting out of the moment.
'I took a breath and waited another minute. Melania Trump was in the middle of a photoshoot, capturing some of the White House's rugs when the Capitol was being assaulted by the pro-Trump crowd. She wrote that she 'finally saw the doomed French queen. Grisham had detailed this interaction with the then first lady in her book, I'll Take Your Questions Now: What I Saw at the Trump White House, explaining how it compelled her to leave. Grisham said she finally saw the first lady as the 'doomed French queen. Stephanie Grisham (left) had previously detailed how that exchange with now former First Lady Melania Trump (right) compelled her to quit her job on January 6. Like Hutchinson, Grisham cooperated with the January 6 committee, showing up to Capitol Hill for an interview in January 2022īy Nikki Schwab, Senior U.S.Grisham, who also served as White House press secretary, previously wrote about the exchange in her book, saying it motivated her to quit.'No,' Grisham's texts show the first lady responded.
'Do you want to tweet that peaceful protests are the right of every American, but there is no place for lawlessness & violence,' Grisham said she asked FLOTUS.Grisham's tweet came after former aide Cassidy Hutchinson testified about the resistance from the president and his advisers to call off the attack.Melania Trump's former Chief of Staff Stephanie Grisham shared a text exchange with the former first lady showing her refusal to calm down January 6 crowds.'No': Melania Trump's very blunt response when her Chief of Staff Stephanie Grisham asked her if she would tweet saying there is 'no place for lawlessness or violence' during the Capitol riot