Family attorney and sister of slain Texas National Guardsman Vanessa Guillen claim former President Donald Trump refused to pay for the Army specialist's funeral expenses and disrespected her ethnicity, the Atlantic Coast Tuesday reports was rejected.
the workThe magazine, written by Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg, said President Trump received a $60,000 bill for her funeral from Guillen's family during a meeting in the Oval Office in December 2020. He is said to have been furious about this and told his close aides, “It won't cost $60,000 to bury him.'' af――The King of Mexico. ”
“Don't pay!” Trump previously told Mark Meadows, his chief of staff, after telling the Guillen family he would help pay for Vanessa's funeral, Goldberg said.
Vanessa's sister Myra Guillen slammed The Atlantic's report as “hurtful and disrespectful” and suggested the former president had treated his family with “respect” following her sister's brutal murder.
“Wow” Myra I wrote to Xin response to a report by Mr. Goldberg. “The way you politicize my sister's death is incomprehensible. It's hurtful and disrespectful to the important changes she made for our military.”
“President Donald Trump has nothing but respect for my family and Vanessa,” she added. “In fact, I voted for President Trump today.”
Natalie Khawam, a lawyer for the Guillen family, accused The Atlantic editor-in-chief of lying about the article.
“I have dealt with hundreds of reporters during my legal career, but unfortunately this is the first time I have had to go on record naming Jeffrey Goldberg on the Atlantic coast. Not only did he misrepresent the conversation, but he completely lied in his sensational article. I wrote to X.
“More importantly, he used and exploited the murder of my client and Vanessa Guillen…for cheap political gain,” she added.
Khawam said the “timing” of Goldberg's report was “highly questionable.”
“[T]The conversation Trump allegedly had took place over 4 years ago! ” the lawyer pointed out. “Why are you talking about that now?!”
“As we all know, Trump not only supported our military, but he also invited my client to the Oval Office and supported the 'I Am Vanessa Guillen' bill,” Khawam said. continued. “I am grateful that we were able to gain bipartisan support for the Vanessa Guillen Act. Thanks to your hard work and efforts, our military members today are able to do more while serving our country. have been able to obtain protection and rights.”
Goldberg claims in the article that he told Khawam that “she sent the bill.” [for Vanessa’s funeral] Despite reporting the incident to the White House, the family did not receive any money from Trump. ”
Meadows also dismissed Goldberg's report.
“Any suggestion that President Trump would disrespect Ms. Guillen or refuse to pay for her funeral expenses is completely false,” he wrote to X. “He was just kind and compassionate and wanted to make sure the military and the U.S. government acted.” He is right there with Vanessa Guillen and her family. ”
Vanessa Guillen, 20, was killed in 2020 by fellow soldier Aaron Robinson at Fort Cavazos (formerly Fort Hood) near Killeen, Texas, and had a dispute with police after Guillen's body was found in the woods. He committed suicide after a conflict.
Robinson's then-girlfriend, Cecily Aguilar, helped dismember and hide Guillen's body.
She pleaded guilty last year to her role in the crime and was sentenced to 30 years in prison.
A military investigation into Guillen's murder found that she had also been sexually harassed and that her leaders had failed to take appropriate action.
The Atlantic did not respond to the paper's request for comment.
Goldberg said in 2020 that President Trump called fallen U.S. soldiers “sucks” and “losers” on the morning of a planned visit to the Aisne-Marne American Military Cemetery in France in 2018. Reported.
President Trump denied the report.
