![]() ![]() FEC records show the payment came to McEnany directly from the Trump campaign, not from a payroll company. Neither Salon nor campaign finance experts could find evidence of any reimbursement in FEC filings. The campaign did not provide any evidence of this repayment. There was a clerical error in the recording of Kayleigh McEnany's termination date when she left the campaign and as a result continued being paid by our payroll provider. Kayleigh immediately notified the campaign of the error. She has reimbursed the payroll company for the full amount she was mistakenly paid. Kayleigh handled everything properly. Trump campaign spokesperson Tim Murtaugh told Salon in a phone call that he would only begin to discuss the payments in an off-the-record conversation. Salon did not agree to this and Murtaugh later emailed the following statement: When shown the filing, a senior FEC official directed Salon's questions to the campaign. Neither McEnany, the Trump campaign nor the White House has yet provided evidence that she "immediately" repaid the campaign. Salon asked McEnany to provide evidence to support her claims, but did not receive an answer. ![]() The campaign's mistaken payment has been paid back to ensure there was no overlapping payment beyond my April 13th start date at the White House. I learned of the campaign's mistaken payment on May 2nd, and I immediately contacted Trump Campaign CFO Sean Dollman to notify him of the error. McEnany then emailed a statement about what she characterized as a "mistaken payment." When Salon requested further information on the record. McEnany did not provide evidence of this, or point Salon to any government or campaign records that could substantiate her claims. Following the call with McEnany, a White House press officer sent Salon an off-the-record email. ![]() Trump's press secretary added that the reimbursement was for "travel for a rally" when she "had been unable to get a bill from the Hilton, which they provided many months after because of COVID timing." "The campaign overpaid me, and I immediately paid them back," McEnany said, claiming that "every penny has been paid back in the overlap." McEnany confirmed to Salon in a phone interview that April 13 was her official start date at the White House. Though she did not give her first official briefing until May 1, she had already released official statements and spoken on behalf of the White House in media interviews. Prior to joining the administration, McEnany served as spokeswoman for the Trump campaign. The White House released a statement officially naming McEnany as its press secretary on April 8. Another filing, viewable here, shows the campaign reimbursed McEnany for $524.57 in travel expenses on May 26. ![]() The campaign reported the payments on April 16 and May 1, in the amount of McEnany's regular $6,000 biweekly salary, and filed the disbursements as "payroll" expenses. That would be a clear ethical breach, and could indicate violations of the laws governing campaign finance and payments to political appointees. "During the exchange, Trump falsely stated that he did not sexually abuse Carroll, that he has no idea who Carroll was, and that Carroll’s now-proven accusation was a 'fake' and 'made up story' created by a 'wack job,'" among other insults, according to the filing.White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany received $12,000 in payroll payments from the Trump campaign after her official appointment to a position in the Trump administration, as federal election filings examined by Salon show. Trump complained about the verdict on his social media platform Truth Social shortly afterwards, and went on a tirade about Carroll during a CNN town hall the next night, the proposed amended complaint filed by Carroll's attorney notes.Īsked about his reaction to the verdict by CNN moderator Kaitlan Collins, Trump responded "by repeating many of the same defamatory statements for which the jury had just found him liable the day before," the filing said. Republican Presidential Town Hall with former President Donald Trump moderated by Kaitlan Collins on May 10, 2023. The jury awarded Carroll $5 million in damages. Trump made the comments a day after a federal court jury in New York found Trump liable for sexually abusing Carroll in a Manhattan department store in the 1990s and then defaming her for calling her claims fraud. ![]()
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