The Associated Press is reporting that they have evidence Melania Trump broke immigration laws even though she has denied it over and over:
Melania Trump, the wife of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and an immigrant from Slovenia, was paid for 10 modeling jobs in 1996 before she received legal authorization to work in the United States, the Associated Press reported Friday night.
The AP cited detailed ledgers from Melania Trump’s modeling agency, as well as a contract she signed with the firm, concluding she was paid more than $20,000 for the work over a period of seven weeks.
The finding contradicts repeated statements from both Melania and Donald Trump, who have insisted that she scrupulously followed U.S. immigration law when she came to the United States as a striving model.
It also creates a potential political embarrassment for the Republican nominee, who has based much of his campaign on a vow to crack down on illegal immigration — including deporting people who have violated the terms of their immigration status.
This wouldn’t be an issue if Trump hadn’t lied over and over about it, saying that she followed every immigration law. But this isn’t a surprise to those who have watched how Trump always accuses his opponents of behavior he’s committed. In this case, during the primaries he actually said he would “spill the beans” on some info he said he had on Cruz’s wife:
Lyin' Ted Cruz just used a picture of Melania from a G.Q. shoot in his ad. Be careful, Lyin' Ted, or I will spill the beans on your wife!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 23, 2016
Nothing ever came of it. But months later, reports started coming in about how Melania might have broken immigration law, and the AP now seems to confirm it. Ironic? Nope – just standard Trump hypocrisy.