Trump Lawyer Takes Communications Role Parrying Congressional Oversight
As a deputy press secretary, Steven Groves will help develop White House talking points and field press inquiries involving congressional oversight
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Trump Lawyer Takes Communications Role Parrying Congressional Oversight
Steven Groves to join press office in job developing talking points, fielding media inquiries
By Peter Nicholas
Updated Jan. 31, 2019 10:40 a.m. ET
WASHINGTONThe White House is assigning one of its lawyers to a new communications role to handle the stepped-up oversight coming from Democratic-led congressional committees, among other issues, a White House official said Thursday.
Steven Groves, now an assistant special counsel in the White House, will become a deputy press secretary under a broader realignment of duties in President Trumps press and communications operations, the official said.
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