Trump Aide Resigns As Sex Scandal Rocks Transition Team: Is Anyone Surprised?
President-elect’s Pick For Communications Director Steps Down Amid Rumors About Affair
Jason Miller, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for White House communications director, abruptly resigned on Christmas Eve amid rumors that he had an adulterous affair with another top adviser to the president-elect.Â
After Miller was named communications director on Thursday, Trump adviser A.J. Delgado unleashed a series of tweets hinting at the sex scandal within the transition team:Â
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Delgado later deactivated her Twitter account. In a statement announcing his resignation, Miller cited a need to spend more time with his family. He’s reportedly married with one child and another on the way: Â
.@JasonMillerinDC sends this statement confirming @politicoalex story that he won’t work in Trump’s WH. @seanspicer will be comms director. pic.twitter.com/aA6gIceLQ0
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) December 24, 2016
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Before joining Trump’s team, Miller was a top spokesman for Bible-thumping GOP Senator Ted Cruz’s presidential campaign. As for Delgado, she defended Trump during the campaign after a videotape revealed his lewd remarks condoning sexual assault: “Trump’s talk has zero impact on how his policies would affect Americans. But sure, let’s waste a day in the Ivory Tower feigning outrage,” Delgado tweeted at the time, according to The Washington Post.Â
Delgado and Miller were also among the Trump campaign staffers spotted at a Las Vegas strip club the night before the final presidential debate.Â
Politico reports that the alleged affair between Miller and Delgado “has caused turmoil within the Trump operation over the past week.” Â
“After POLITICO reporters received an anonymous email about the alleged affair, Delgado disclosed details of the relationship to senior officials in emails Thursday, the people close to the transition said. The nature of their relationship had been known to people involved in the Trump campaign and transition for ‘a number of months.'”
Reaction from Twitter below.Â
Don’t care that AJ Delgado & Jason Miller were having an affair. Do care that they were slamming Bill Clinton while doing so. #Hypocritical
— Christina (@christinawrites) December 25, 2016
With a pregnant wife AND a pregnant sidepiece, you’d think Jason Miller would be more of a supporter of Planned Parenthood.
— shauna (@goldengateblond) December 25, 2016
Trump supporters tonight:
“Pizzagate is totally real but AJ Delgado calling Jason Miller BABY DADDY might not mean what you think it means”
— Nunca Trump (@EveryTrumpFan) December 25, 2016
ICYMI: Trump used Anthony Weiner’s sexting as his closing argument while his spokesman Jason Miller was cheating on his wife with AJ Delgado
— The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) December 25, 2016
Kinda funny that a guy who got a sexual predator elected president can’t even work in the WH because of an affair https://t.co/Iwj5sI0GZI
— DENALI (@timothypmurphy) December 26, 2016

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