Trump aide Stephanie Grisham accuses Jewish congressional candidate of abuse

• Published date: 07 October 2021
• Author: RON KAMPEAS/JTA
• Publication title: Jerusalem Post, The: Web Edition Articles (Israel)

Miller, a scion of a well-known Cleveland Jewish family who is running for Congress with Trump's enthusiastic endorsement, denied the charge and is seeking to silence Grisham through legal means.

Grisham made her accusation on the record for the first time in a Washington Post op-ed on Tuesday, but it was not the first time it was reported. Politico, in a long profile of Miller in July, reported that he had shoved and slapped Grisham, with whom he was involved in a romantic relationship, while both were working at the White House.

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The Politico profile focused on Miller's temper, noting that he was charged with assault in 2007 and that the charge was eventually dismissed, in part because he was a first-time offender. Miller denied the charge of abusing Grisham, and Grisham at the time declined to comment.

Grisham going on the record with the charges lends them more heft as Miller's race for Congress heats up. He immediately filed a lawsuit accusing Grisham of defamation and sought an injunction — which the court declined — to keep her from discussing the charge. She did so on CNN on Tuesday night.

Grisham this week published "I'll Take Your Questions Now: What I Saw at the Trump White House," an account of her five-year stint working for the Trumps, at first for the campaign and then as press secretary for Melania Trump through the Trump presidency. For a period she filled that role for President Trump as well.

The book describes how Grisham's accumulating doubts about the Trumps, whom she once idolized, culminated in her decision to resign on January 6, when Melania Trump declined Grisham's suggestion that the First Lady condemn the rioting at the Capitol by insurgents seeking to keep Trump from leaving...