Melania's New COS Is 'Trump Aide 1' in Docs Indictment

Heading back to the scene of the crime.

Melania Trump announced today that Hayley Harrison will be appointed as her Chief of Staff as First Lady in the White House. Harrison was named in Donald Trump’s classified documents indictment as ‘Trump Aide 1’.

A written statement from “The Office of Melania Trump” said “Mrs. Harrison has maintained an integral role and exceptional leadership on the First Lady’s team over the past 7 years. She has a strong understanding of White House operations, and as Chief of Staff she will oversee and manage the East Wing’s team while strategically liaising with other parts of the government.”

“Strategically liaising”? That’s a new one.

I’m not sure what Melania’s “team” has done for the past four years that would be related to serving as First Lady. She did 3-4 speaking engagements for $250,000 a pop, and sold a bunch of jewelry, Christmas ornaments, and NFTs. I suppose Harrison may have helped arrange all that.

Melania has already announced that she will not be moving back to the White House and will maintain NYC and Palm Beach as her primary residences this time. No surprise there, she has barely been seen at all with her beloved husband over the last four years. So it seems likely that Harrison’s job will be more like Chief of Staff for a First Lady In Name Only. In absentia.

In the Trump classified documents case, Harrison was named in the indictment as ‘Trump Aide 1’. The indictment alleged that Harrison texted another aide asking that person to move classified documents into a small room in the shower at a time when the FBI was seeking to have them returned.

Harrison passed the most important test for an appointment in the 2025 Trump Administration - she demonstrated that she is willing to facilitate the commission of a crime with no questions asked, while keeping her mouth shut about it.

Even the Office of First Lady could be a future crime scene. Melania’s Christmas decorations already were.