Stephanie Winston Wilkoff, author of 'Melania and Me,' told DailyMail.com, 'This is big news, I need time to process it.' 'Tom is so integral to everything in Trump’s universe that it could affect the Trump family in a very significant way.' Barrack was called by Trump, who requested that he help Kushner avoid bankruptcy on the $1.8 billion purchase of the tower, according to The New York Times. As chairman of the Presidential Inaugural Committee Barrack had hired Rick Gates - Paul Manafort's No. Former first lady Melania Trump's former aide Stephanie Winston Wolkoff - who later wrote a tell-all about the first lady - warned Trump associates and family members that the pricing could be a problem.

Source: The Nation July 21, 2021 02:37 UTC