trump's decision to ultimately hire stephanie winston wolkoff.t said, other sources saying stephanie wilson wolkoff did throw around melania trump's name with transition officials and later when she went into the east wing as a special government employee, as a senior adviser to melania trump, she continued to behave in this way in what her colleagues and associates saw as an effort to get her way. she would flaunt her connection to melania trump. obviously melania and donald trump concluded for whatever reason that this relationship was problematic for them, whether it was because of the bad press from the $26 million contract from the inaugural contract on the inaugural committee or something else. she is no longer working even as a volunteer for the east wing and for the office of the first lady. >> ken vogel reporting for "the new york times," thank you for joining us so quickly tonight with this breaking news story. congratulations on the scoop. >> yeah, thank you. it was a pleasure as always. >> again, that breaking news from "the new york