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Trump writer takes responsibility for Melania Trump speech mess

Melania Trump, wife of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, addresses delegates on the first day of the Republican National Convention at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo: AFP)

Cleveland: A speechwriter on Wednesday took responsibility for parts of a speech Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's wife Melania gave at the Republican convention this week that drew accusations of plagiarism.

Meredith McIver, a staff writer for the Trump Organization, said she had inserted passages into Melania Trump's speech that resembled parts of a 2008 speech by first lady Michelle Obama.

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