A staff writer for the Trump Organization took responsibility on Wednesday for the "chaos" caused by a speech given by Melania Trump that was accused of plagirisim Michelle Obama's speech The writer, Meredith McIver, apologized and said she had offered to resign over the speech controversy, but Trump and his family had rejected the offer. The Trump Organization is owned by Donald Trump. Trump defended McIver in an ABC News interview on Wednesday, saying: "She made a mistake. People make mistakes. You've made mistakes. We all make mistakes."