‘Trump Was Lying To The American People’

A former White Residence stenographer explained Wednesday that she resigned because President Donald Trump was “lying to the American folks.”

The stenographer, Beck Dorey-Stein, joined the White Household in 2012 during Barack Obama’s presidency. But she “couldn’t be proud” of performing in the White Property underneath Trump, she explained to CNN on Wednesday, and resigned in early 2017.

“I was so proud to serve below the Obama administration,” Dorey-Stein stated. “And I felt like President Trump was lying to the American people and not even seeking … to explain to the truth.”

As a stenographer, she was tasked with giving an precise transcript of discussions involving the president. She explained her place as the “first line of defense in opposition to the press” by creating certain the president was not misquoted.

“From President Reagan by way of President Obama, the White Residence really utilized stenographers to make sure there was a record of every thing the president stated to the press,” she reported, adding that Obama would frequently inform the press to “check the transcript” to recognize the context of his reviews.

But Dorey-Stein reported that system was scrapped when Trump took workplace.

“President Trump, we immediately acquired, does not like microphones in the vicinity of his confront, which is challenging mainly because as a stenographer, we generally had to do that,” she stated. “His White House and his push workplace typically didn’t consist of us in meetings with the press … Even if there is a stenographer current, he doesn’t typically say, ‘Check the transcript,’ due to the fact the transcript will reveal the real truth.”

A White Dwelling consultant did not straight away reply to HuffPost’s request for remark.

In an op-ed revealed Tuesday in The New York Moments, Dorey-Stein illustrated the relevance of stenographers by pointing to an incident final week in which Trump denied ever criticizing British Key Minister Theresa Might. His assert was confirmed fake when a recording of the dialogue surfaced.

“Mr. Trump likes to connect with everyone who disagrees with him ‘fake information,’” she wrote in the Times. “But if he’s really the target of so a lot inaccurate reporting, why is he so averse to possessing the points recorded and transcribed?”

“It’s apparent that White Dwelling stenographers do not serve his administration, but fairly his adversary: the truth of the matter,” Dorey-Stein wrote.

• This short article initially appeared on HuffPost.