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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Joe Sommerlad

Trump aide’s unusual perk raised eyebrows among staffers, author claims

  • Author Michael Wolff stated that President Donald Trump 's personal assistant, Natalie Harp, caused astonishment among golf club staffers by receiving special access to an exclusive all-you-can-eat Sunday buffet at Trump’s golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida
  • “Natalie was always allowed into the buffet,” Wolff said. “Not just Natalie, but Natalie with her mother. Among the staff there was like, ‘Is she allowed to do that? Should she be doing that?’”
  • Harp, a former One America News anchor, has drawn scrutiny following the leak of gushing letters she wrote expressing total devotion to the president.
  • Concerns have been raised regarding Harp's security clearance, as reports indicate she spent over a year without routine West Wing clearance despite her close proximity to Trump.
  • Harp was also among a select group of aides who joined the president on a secret secondary plane to escape a security threat in Turkey.

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