Trump press sec facing backlash after claiming Obama staffers left ‘you will fail’ notes in White House

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White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham’s credibility is under question after she made unsubstantiated claims that Obama era staffers left notes saying “you will fail” in White House offices.

• Joanna “JoJo” Rosholm, who was first lady Michelle Obama’s press secretary tweeted an image of the letter she left in her office when she left.
• Rosholm also added that the staff left copies of Obama books.
• Grisham, meanwhile, has offered no evidence that the letters existed.
• Multiple former and current Trump officials told The Washington Post that no such letters we left.
• Grisham appeared to backtrack, claiming the letters (and apparently a bottle of Russian vodka) were left in the “lower” press offices and not all offices.
• However, The Post points out that multiple former Trump officials have released tell all books after leaving (often after short stints) and none of them mentioned any negative notes.
• Yet another official says that had there been such notes, they would have been documented and likely spread on social media.

The note I left my East Wing successor, now @PressSec Stephanie Grisham. https://t.co/38mclNs0fE pic.twitter.com/vkNrXl32PZ

— Joanna/JoJo Rosholm (@jojorosholm) November 19, 2019

WH Press Sec Stephanie Grisham claims Obama aides left 'you will fail" notes in offices for Trump aides: “We came into the WH, I’ll tell you something. Every office was filled with Obama books and we had notes left behind that said ‘you will fail,’ ‘you aren’t going to make it,’”

— Abby D. Phillip (@abbydphillip) November 19, 2019