according to a detailed accounting, the ledgers, contracts and related documents from 20 years ago, provided by the associated press, the wife of the gop presidential nominee who sometimes worked as a model under just her first name, has said, through an attorney, that she first came to the u.s. from slovenia on august 27, 1996, on a b 1 b 2 visitor visa, and then obtained1b work visa on october 18, 1996. the documents obtained by the a.p. show she was paid for ten modeling assignments between september 10 and october 15. during a time when her visa allowed her generally to be in the u.s. and look for work but not perform paid work in the country. the documents examined by the a.p. indicate that the modeling assignments would have been outside the bounds of her visa, and as we recall, it was over
we have breaking news just in from the associated press. the associated press is reporting that melania trump worked without a visa in the united states. i m going to read directly from the associated press report that s just been filed. melania trump was paid for ten modeling jobs in the united states worth $20,000 that occurred in the seven weeks before she had legal permission to work in the country, according to a detailed accounting, the ledgers, contracts and related documents from 20 years ago, provided by the associated press, the wife of the gop presidential nominee who sometimes worked as a model under just her first name, has said, through an attorney, that she first came to the u.s. from slovenia on august 27, 1996, on a b 1 b 2 visitor visa, and then obtained an h1b work visa on october 18, 1996. the documents obtained by the a.p. show she was paid for ten