President Trump Names Stephanie Grisham, Aide to First Lady, as White House Press Secretary

Stephanie Grisham, First Lady Melania Trump’s loyal and sometimes combative communications director, will replace Sarah Huckabee Sanders as White House press secretary. She will also take on the added role of communications director, a job that has been vacant since the departure of Bill Shine in March, and will keep her role with First Lady Trump. Grisham joined the Trump presidential campaign in 2015 and is one of the last remaining aides from the campaign still serving in the White House. She became a trusted aide after the Trumps moved into the White House, known for defending Mrs. Trump and the Trump family, and for her ability to keep the East Wing relatively free of leaks. Grisham, 42, was born in Arizona and worked in Republican politics there before joining the Trump campaign.