Earlier on Wednesday, the Trump campaign finally offered up its sacrificial lamb for Monday's Melania Trump plagiarism snafu: Meredith McIver.

McIver, who apparently helped Trump write some of his books, released a statement accepting responsibility and taking the fall for the incident. The only problem: people are speculating she's not real at all.

Is she a real person? Probably. But Trump has made up people before (twice, at least!) and given how the campaign has gone over the last year, no one would be surprised if Trump did make up a fake speechwriter to take the blame.

Put on the tin foil hats and get ready, sheeple.

So sayeth the internet:

Serious question: has any news outlet seen or interviewed Meredith McIver? Asking because of the GOP candidate's history of using aliases. — Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) July 20, 2016

Almost everything in this Meredith McIver profile, including pics, were added 15 hours ago: https://t.co/KtCoD8wsJH — Laura (@SheWhoVotes) July 20, 2016

Does Meredith McIver (Melania speechwriter) exist? She has a FB page with no friends that was created today. pic.twitter.com/DS9SIIPUwY — Cheryl G (@steakhousegirl) July 20, 2016

News outlets are citing Meredith McIver's Speakerpedia page as proof she exists. I'm going to need to see her long form birth certificate. — Molly Knight (@molly_knight) July 20, 2016

.@realDonaldTrump show us the #MeredithMcIver birth certificate. Just want to confirm she's not Melania's IMAGINARY friend, ya know. — Marisa Williams (@marisa) July 20, 2016

"Meredith McIver" is an anagram for "Deceit River...Hmm." Hmm... — Ben Greenman (@bengreenman) July 20, 2016

Meredith McIver lives in a small hut in the remote forest so do not attempt to contact her. #RNC #meredithmciver pic.twitter.com/otB1y2HO4w — elizabeth valente (@EVunfiltered) July 20, 2016

If you all make "the #MeredithMcIver Birther Movement" a thing? 😂😁😂

Make it happen. — Kim Love (@kimmaytube) July 20, 2016

Is this Meredith McIver? pic.twitter.com/b24rPg6D8t — Ben Greenman (@bengreenman) July 20, 2016

BREAKING NEWS: First released and authenticated picture of Meredith McIver #MeredithMcIver pic.twitter.com/uT95dkeV3J — Danielle Lile (@lileAmile) July 20, 2016

Is it just me or does Meredith McIver seem like she might not exist? Like "My boyfriend is GEORGE GLASS." https://t.co/h7pRz3kHmU — Emily Zanotti (@emzanotti) July 20, 2016

Meredith "Definitely A Real Person" McIver https://t.co/uJSEp4vNgL — jesse von doom, phd (@jessevondoom) July 20, 2016

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