White House bracing for another staff shakeup
Source: Politico
Deputy chief of staff Rick Dearborn is expected to be reassigned to the Commerce Department or another federal agency.
By ANDREW RESTUCCIA, ANNIE KARNI and JOSH DAWSEY 11/10/2017 10:26 AM EST
The White House is bracing for another staff shakeup upon President Donald Trumps return from Asia, with senior-level staff moves that could further consolidate chief of staff John Kellys power in the West Wing.
Deputy chief of staff Rick Dearborn a former top Jeff Sessions Senate aide who played a central role during the presidential transition is expected to be reassigned to the Commerce Department or another federal agency, according to multiple administration officials and outside advisers familiar with plans for the staff change.
Dearborns portfolio over the past year has covered high-level assignments, including helping to organize the presidents schedule. But that job has since been passed to another deputy chief of staff, Joe Hagin, while Dearborn has become increasingly marginalized internally since Kellys arrival in late July.
Dearborns departure would make him the latest in a growing conga line of West Wing aides who started on Inauguration Day but failed to last a full year. It would help Kelly clear the ranks of staffers he inherited from his predecessor Reince Priebus, whose tenure was marked by infighting and competition between loyalists brought in from the Republican National Committee and alumni of Trumps renegade campaign.
Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/10/white-house-staff-shake-ups-244779
dalton99a
(81,566 posts)Yonnie3
(17,463 posts)I did not watch The Apprentice but I would bet it followed a formula, with scheduled firings. The White House is a (non)Reality Show.
BlueIdaho
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(12,221 posts)Still In Wisconsin
(4,450 posts)not that I feel bad for them, bunch of weasels that they are!
JustABozoOnThisBus
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FreeStateDemocrat
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(22,651 posts)of the WH already. Bannon, Kellyanne , most of the trump kids, and where is Ama rosa hiding?
Time for FBI to interview those people, the 5th tower/mar a largo hired-staff and subpoena the 'fox and friends' recordings.
DBoon
(22,395 posts)Figure out who was advancing and who wasn't from where they stood to view the May Day parade