A. J. Delgado

Arlene "A. J." Delgado is an American columnist who formerly worked for Mediaite. She joined the Donald Trump presidential campaign in September 2016.[1] She is a Harvard Law graduate who practiced law in New York City.

Career

Delgado's writings have been published in The American Conservative, National Review, The Miami Herald, The Washington Post, Breitbart, The Daily Caller, and Fox News. She appears regularly on Hannity. She self-published her book Hip To Be Square: Why It's Cool To Be A Conservative in 2012. Delgado has written about why Latinos should vote for Trump in The Washington Post.[2] On television, Delgado has regularly defended Trump from numerous allegations of sexual harassment. On MSNBC with Brian Williams on October 12, 2016, Delgado called the claims of women who accused Trump of assault "mind boggling" and "dubious".[3]

After the election, she joined Donald Trump's transition team as a campaign advisor.[4] She did not join the administration after she found out she was pregnant: The baby's father is fellow Trump campaign staffer Jason Miller. According to Delgado, Miller told her that he was separated from his wife. Miller and Delgado broke off their relationship soon after she became pregnant. Delgado gave birth in July 2017 to a boy she named William.[5]

In May 2018, Delgado described claims made by Trump that the FBI put a spy inside the Trump 2016 campaign to frame him as "embarrassing".[4] She tweeted, "Are we really going w this?? That Obama put a spy inside the Trump campaign, to frame Trump? Srsly? Not sure if it’s IQ, ethics, or simple common sense but I cant. This is embarrassing."[4]

References
  1. "Former Mediaite Columnist A.J. Delgado Joins Trump Campaign". Mediaite. September 13, 2016. Archived from the original on September 19, 2016. Retrieved April 1, 2020.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. "Why Latinos should vote for Trump". Washington Post. Retrieved September 14, 2016.
  3. Hartmann, Margaret (October 13, 2016). "Trump Campaign Calls Sexual-Assault Allegations 'Absurd,' Surrogates Try to Discredit Accusers". NY Magazine.
  4. Thomsen, Jacqueline (May 21, 2018). "Ex-Trump campaign adviser rips claims of spy in campaign: It's 'embarrassing'". TheHill. Retrieved May 23, 2018.
  5. Coppins, McKay (August 2017). "From Trump Aide to Single Mom". The Atlantic.
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