Pierce: Reminder: The Body Man Sees and Hears All

[mcar]

Has The West Wing taught us nothing?

Rex Tillerson’s departure from the State Department is going to eat up most of the news cycle lthis week, but there’s another person going out another window, and he’s doing so in a very interesting fashion. From CNN:

President Donald Trump's longtime personal aide John McEntee was fired because he is currently under investigation by the Department of Homeland Security for serious financial crimes, a source familiar with his firing told CNN. The charges are not related to the President, the source said. McEntee escorted from the White House on Monday, three sources with knowledge of the matter told CNN.

Whoa.


That this administration is a magnet for grifters and thieves is now so obvious that pointing it out (again) is a waste of good pixels. But, as any West Wing fan knows, personal aides (or “body men”) have an interesting job. They’re around the president a lot. They hear and see things about which, if they’re good at their jobs, they never speak again.

However, if, say, one of these personal aides got his hindquarters in a crack with the law, and he was looking to cut a deal with influential law-enforcement types, those rules might prove a bit ... malleable.

Between Tillerson and McEntee, Bob Mueller may have to pick up some more file folders.

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a19419383/trump-body-man/

[Leghorn21]

1. Halp, but he was just hired by trump campaign:

March 13, 2018

TRUMP CAMPAIGN ANNOUNCES TWO NEW APPOINTMENTS

New York, NY – Today, Donald J. Trump for President announced new appointments to the campaign, welcoming back two veterans of the successful 2016 campaign.

Katrina Pierson, who served as the National Spokesperson in 2016, will re-join the Trump Campaign as a Senior Advisor. Katrina, who has recently worked with America First Policies, will lead national grassroots outreach in her new role. John McEntee, who was a personal aide to President Trump in the 2016 campaign and the White House, will also re-join the Trump Campaign as a Senior Advisor for campaign operations.

Both new members of the Trump Campaign will be based in Washington, DC, and will begin their new roles in the coming days.

https://www.donaldjtrump.com/media/trump-campaign-announces-two-new-appointments

[mcar]

3. Oh FFS!

He's a crook so of course he's onto bigger and better things in Trump World.

Still being investigated, though.

[shanny]

4. That's not going to make a difference

if there are criminal issues. Protecting his feefees are fine, but keeping his ass out of jail is what may be required.

[dameatball]

2. Was he caught paying off a pornstar with the Diet Coke funds?

[CousinIT]

5. I heard he is transitioning to the Trump campaign. Fitting, no?

Trump seems to attract and hire the slimiest, slithering, racketeering, criminal things. He'd fit perfectly in the Trump campaign.

[Achilleaze]

6. republican "family values" suck cesspool scum

Disgusting republican "values" are destroying America