# Molly Michael > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Molly_Michael > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Molly_Michael.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molly_Michael > Source revision: 1318457116 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American political operative}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Molly Michael | office = [Executive Assistant to the President](/source/Secretary_to_the_President_of_the_United_States) | president = [Donald Trump](/source/Donald_Trump) | term_start = February 2, 2019 | term_end = January 20, 2021 | predecessor = [Madeleine Westerhout](/source/Madeleine_Westerhout) | successor = Ashley Williams | birth_name = Molly Amelia Michael | party = [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)) | education = [Palm Beach Atlantic University](/source/Palm_Beach_Atlantic_University) ([BA](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts)) }} '''Molly Amelia Michael''' is an American political operative and former government staffer. She was a Deputy Assistant to the President and Executive Assistant to the President during the Trump Administration. Michael was a key figure in [President Donald Trump](/source/Donald_Trump)'s day-to-day life at the [White House](/source/White_House) and in his post-presidency life. == Early life == Michael grew up outside of Chicago and attended [Palm Beach Atlantic University](/source/Palm_Beach_Atlantic_University).{{Cite web |date=March 24, 2022 |title=CTRL0000060751 - Deposition of Molly Michael, (Mar. 24, 2022) |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-J6-TRANSCRIPT-CTRL0000060751/pdf/GPO-J6-TRANSCRIPT-CTRL0000060751.pdf |website=GovInfo}} While in college, she was a legal intern with attorney Scott Hawkins, former president of the [Florida Bar Association](/source/Florida_Bar_Association). She served as a political intern with Florida House member [Mark Pafford](/source/Mark_S._Pafford).{{Cite web |date=2019-11-11 |title=Students Selected to Receive Research Fellowships {{!}} PBA • Palm Beach Atlantic University |url=https://www.pba.edu/news/students-selected-to-receive-research-fellowships/ |access-date=2024-11-03 |website=PBA • Palm Beach Atlantic University |language=en-US}} == Career == Michael started working at the White House in 2017. In 2018, Michael became President Trump's executive assistant in the White House.{{Cite web |title=Trump wrote to-do lists for assistant on White House documents marked classified: Sources |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/trump-wrote-lists-assistant-white-house-documents-marked/story?id=103226113 |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=ABC News |language=en}} In December 2020, Michael conveyed information from the President regarding alleged election fraud to high-ranking administration officials.{{Cite web |last=Solender |first=Andrew |title=Emails Reveal How Trump White House Pressured DOJ On Election Fraud |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewsolender/2021/06/15/emails-reveal-how-trump-white-house-pressured-doj-on-election-fraud/ |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=Forbes |language=en}} Michael was notably absent from work on the morning of [January 6, 2021](/source/January_6_United_States_Capitol_attack) for personal reasons, which may have contributed to some of the gaps in President Trump's call logs that day.{{Cite web |date=March 31, 2022 |title=Scoop: New clue on Trump gap |url=https://www.axios.com/2022/03/31/trump-molly-michael-jan6-white-house-call-logs}} After President Trump left the White House, Michael remained in his service.{{Cite web |last=Crilly |first=Rob |date=2021-01-23 |title=Trump's young guns: The five former White House staffers setting up his Mar-a-Lago office - Washington Examiner |url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/1515821/trumps-young-guns-the-five-former-white-house-staffers-setting-up-his-mar-a-lago-office/ |access-date=2024-07-08 |language=en-US}} She was reportedly close enough to him to proactively reach out to friends and allies to ask them to contact the former president with "positive affirmations."{{Cite web |last=Khullar |first=Samaa |date=2022-12-19 |title=Trump aide follows him on golf course with a printer to boost ego with "uplifting articles": report |url=https://www.salon.com/2022/12/19/aide-follows-him-on-golf-course-with-a-printer-to-boost-ego-with-uplifting-articles-report/ |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=Salon |language=en}} In November 2021, Michael received a subpoena from the [Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol](/source/United_States_House_Select_Committee_on_the_January_6_Attack).{{Cite web |title=Molly Michael Subpoena Nov 9 {{!}} PDF |url=https://www.scribd.com/document/544438058/Molly-Michael-Subpoena-Nov-9 |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=Scribd |language=en}} In March 2022, she appeared before the Select Committee, describing herself as an employee of [Save America](/source/Save_America), Donald Trump's political action committee. Because of her proximity to the former president, Michael is considered a key witness in many of the legal proceedings against the President. Unlike other current and former staffers of his, she has reportedly demonstrated cooperative behavior with law enforcement.{{Cite news |last1=Dawsey |first1=Josh |last2=Alemany |first2=Jacqueline |date=2023-06-12 |title=Evidence in Trump's indictment came from inside Mar-a-Lago and those hired for him |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/06/10/trump-indictment-aides-molly-evan/ |access-date=2024-07-08 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}} In 2022, following the [FBI's search of Mar-a-Lago](/source/FBI_search_of_Mar-a-Lago) related to the classified documents, Michael helped transfer additional files to the FBI upon discovering them in her work area. Some of those documents included to-do lists written on classified documents.{{Cite web |title=Meet Molly Michael, the 'witness from hell' for Donald Trump's defense |url=https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/9/20/2194390/-An-obscure-longtime-aide-could-be-the-witness-from-hell-for-Donald-Trump |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=Daily Kos |language=en}} President Trump reportedly urged her not to tell law enforcement officials about her knowledge of any classified documents that were improperly handled.{{Cite news |last1=Haberman |first1=Maggie |last2=Feuer |first2=Alan |date=2023-09-19 |title=Trump Is Said to Have Told Aide Not to Acknowledge She Knew of Documents |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/19/us/politics/trump-aide-classified-documents.html |access-date=2024-07-08 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} Legal analysts described her as a potential "witness from hell" for former President Trump.{{Cite web |last=Reporter |first=Giulia Carbonaro US News |date=2023-09-20 |title=Why Molly Michael is the "witness from hell" for Donald Trump |url=https://www.newsweek.com/why-molly-michael-witness-hell-donald-trump-1828359 |access-date=2024-11-03 |website=Newsweek |language=en}} ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Michael, Molly A.}} Category:Living people Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Place of birth missing (living people) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Molly Michael](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molly_Michael) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molly_Michael?action=history)). 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