Molly A. Michael
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Molly Amelia Michael is an American political operative and former government staffer. She was a Deputy Assistant to the President and Executive Assistant to the President during the Trump Administration. Michael was a key figure in President Donald Trump's day-to-day life at the White House and in his post-presidency life.
Early life
[edit]Michael grew up outside of Chicago and attended Palm Beach Atlantic University.[1] While in college, she was a legal intern with attorney Scott Hawkins, former president of the Florida Bar Association. She served as a political intern with Florida House member Mark Pafford.[2]
Career
[edit]Michael started working at the White House in 2017. In 2018, Michael became President Trump's executive assistant in the White House.[3] In December 2020, Michael conveyed information from the President regarding alleged election fraud to high-ranking administration officials.[4] Michael was notably absent from work on the morning of January 6, 2021 for personal reasons, which may have contributed to some of the gaps in President Trump's call logs that day.[5]
After President Trump left the White House, Michael remained in his service.[6] She was reportedly close enough to him to proactively reach out to friends and allies to ask them to contact the former president with "positive affirmations."[7]
In November 2021, Michael received a subpoena from the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol.[8] In March 2022, she appeared before the Select Committee, describing herself as an employee of Save America, Donald Trump's political action committee.[1]
Because of her proximity to the former president, Michael is considered a key witness in many of the legal proceedings against the President. Unlike other current and former staffers of his, she has reportedly demonstrated cooperative behavior with law enforcement.[9] In 2022, following the FBI's search of Mar-a-Lago related to the classified documents, Michael helped transfer additional files to the FBI upon discovering them in her work area.[3] Some of those documents included to-do lists written on classified documents.[10] President Trump reportedly urged her not to tell law enforcement officials about her knowledge of any classified documents that were improperly handled.[11] Legal analysts described her as a potential "witness from hell" for former President Trump.[12]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "CTRL0000060751 - Deposition of Molly Michael, (Mar. 24, 2022)" (PDF). GovInfo. March 24, 2022.
- ^ oniwac@pba.edu (2019-11-11). "Students Selected to Receive Research Fellowships | PBA • Palm Beach Atlantic University". PBA • Palm Beach Atlantic University. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
- ^ a b "Trump wrote to-do lists for assistant on White House documents marked classified: Sources". ABC News. Retrieved 2024-07-08.
- ^ Solender, Andrew. "Emails Reveal How Trump White House Pressured DOJ On Election Fraud". Forbes. Retrieved 2024-07-08.
- ^ "Scoop: New clue on Trump gap". March 31, 2022.
- ^ Crilly, Rob (2021-01-23). "Trump's young guns: The five former White House staffers setting up his Mar-a-Lago office - Washington Examiner". Retrieved 2024-07-08.
- ^ Khullar, Samaa (2022-12-19). "Trump aide follows him on golf course with a printer to boost ego with "uplifting articles": report". Salon. Retrieved 2024-07-08.
- ^ "Molly Michael Subpoena Nov 9 | PDF". Scribd. Retrieved 2024-07-08.
- ^ Dawsey, Josh; Alemany, Jacqueline (2023-06-12). "Evidence in Trump's indictment came from inside Mar-a-Lago and those hired for him". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2024-07-08.
- ^ "Meet Molly Michael, the 'witness from hell' for Donald Trump's defense". Daily Kos. Retrieved 2024-07-08.
- ^ Haberman, Maggie; Feuer, Alan (2023-09-19). "Trump Is Said to Have Told Aide Not to Acknowledge She Knew of Documents". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-07-08.
- ^ Reporter, Giulia Carbonaro US News (2023-09-20). "Why Molly Michael is the "witness from hell" for Donald Trump". Newsweek. Retrieved 2024-11-03.