Can someone tell me how a private citizen gets a "staff?"

[rzemanfl]

Nicole Wallace thinks Mueller has one.

[comradebillyboy]

1. Prominent citizens often hire competent people to work

for them and represent their interests. Hillary has a staff for example and she's semi-retired.

[brooklynite]

2. They pay them?

I had former Congressman Steve Israel come talk to my class at NYU, and it involved a lot of discussions with his Chief of Staff

[rzemanfl]

3. So Ms. Wallace knows this for a fact?

[brooklynite]

4. Very likely...

A reporter reaching out to former officials is likely to know who works in their office.

Do you have any reason to believe she DOESN'T know?

[rzemanfl]

5. No, but it would have been nice if she'd said so. n/t

[StarfishSaver]

6. A reporter at Wallace's level doesn't reach out to guests

They have producers and bookers who do that. I doubt that Wallace has talked to anyone's staff in years.

[brooklynite]

7. You mean she has a.....STAFF?

[LanternWaste]

8. Hard to determine if she doesn't awkwardly drop their names...

You mean she has a.....STAFF?"

Could be difficult to determine (sans basic research tools) unless she awkwardly drops their names at irrelevant times in an attempt to appear more impressive than reality would have.

Thankfully, she seems much more humble and much less prone to pretense than many broadcast journalists.

[zackymilly]

9. I love your posts. That is all. n/t