Linda McMahon and her husband Vince founded World Wrestling Entertainment. Donald Trump featured on their Wrestlemania TV show in 2007 during his time on The Apprentice.
Donald Trump has chosen former WWE chief executive Linda McMahon to be his secretary of state for education - a department he has vowed to abolish. Mrs McMahon, 76, swapped her and her husband's wrestling empire for a career in politics in the early 2000s - twice running for the Senate before focusing her efforts on getting Mr Trump into the White House. She has donated millions to his presidential campaigns and was given a key business role in his previous administration.
He denied the claims, describing them as 'false, absurd, defamatory and utterly meritless'. Senate bids and party donations Mrs McMahon's political career began with two consecutive attempts at the US Senate - to represent Connecticut as a Republican in 2010 and 2012. She lost both campaigns to Democrats Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy.
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