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On 28 March 2016, Stephanie Cegielski, a one-time strategist for the Make America Great Again super PAC, published an open letter to Trump supporters on the web site xoJane: The letter immediately went viral, and while some pondered Cegielski's main talking point (that Donald Trump doesn't want to be president and didn't expect to be the GOP frontrunner) others questioned whether or not Cegielski was really Trump's top campaign strategist. Complicating things, the headline appeared to contradict the body of the article. xoJane identified Cegielski as Trump's top strategist in their title, but Cegielski identified herself as the Communications Director of the 'Make America Great Again' Super PAC in her open letter to Trump supporters: Cegielski was identified as a spokeswoman for the super PAC in an August 2015 article published in Politico, and Cegielski called herself a consultant on her LinkedIn profile: While Cegielski's official title may be unclear, it's certain that labeling Cegielski Trump's top campaign strategist is incorrect. Cegielski worked for a super PAC (which, despite the name, is not legally recognized as a political action committee and by law cannot contribute directly to or coordinate with a political campaign, although they can use raised funds to campaign independently) and not for Donald Trump's presidential campaign: Hope Hicks, a spokesperson for the Trump campaign, told Yahoo News that Cegielski was never employed by Donald Trump's presidential campaign: The Make America Great Again super PAC went dark as of October 2015 amid ongoing scrutiny of where the money was coming from and going to, and whether the committee had direct ties to the Trump campaign.
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