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Trump's former bodyguard makes $15,000 a month from a GOP 'slush fund'
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Trump's former bodyguard makes $15,000 a month from a GOP 'slush fund'
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Trump's former bodyguard makes $15,000 a month from a GOP 'slush fund'
The Republican National Committee is paying a firm owned by Trump's former bodyguard $15,000 a month for consulting, according to its latest campaign filings.
Keith Schiller worked for Trump for nearly 20 years, becoming one of his most trusted aides.
Within weeks of leaving the White House, Schiller had a new job: "Security consulting" for the 2020 Republican National Convention, which experts describe as a lightly regulated funding stream.
Christina Wilkie | @christinawilkie
Published 2:10 PM ET Wed, 21 Feb 2018 Updated 5:53 PM ET Wed, 21 Feb 2018
When President Donald Trump's longtime bodyguard Keith Schiller decided to leave his White House job last fall, many in the West Wing wondered how the president would manage without his personal security chief-turned-confidant, who had been working for Trump nearly 20 years.
As it turns out, Schiller didn't go very far. Within weeks of leaving his job as director of Oval Office operations, Schiller's private security firm, KS Global Group, began collecting $15,000 a month for "security services" from the Republican National Committee.
According to an RNC official, Schiller is being paid for security consulting on the site selection process for the 2020 Republican National Convention. Schiller's fee comes out of the RNC's convention fund, not its campaign fund, the official noted.
Campaign finance watchdog groups, however, were quick to cry foul. ... "These sorts of party accounts are notorious for being operated as slush funds — lightly regulated and ripe for abuse," said Stephen Spaulding, former special counsel at the Federal Election Commission and now chief of strategy at the nonpartisan advocacy group Common Cause.
The Republican National Committee is paying a firm owned by Trump's former bodyguard $15,000 a month for consulting, according to its latest campaign filings.
Keith Schiller worked for Trump for nearly 20 years, becoming one of his most trusted aides.
Within weeks of leaving the White House, Schiller had a new job: "Security consulting" for the 2020 Republican National Convention, which experts describe as a lightly regulated funding stream.
Christina Wilkie | @christinawilkie
Published 2:10 PM ET Wed, 21 Feb 2018 Updated 5:53 PM ET Wed, 21 Feb 2018
When President Donald Trump's longtime bodyguard Keith Schiller decided to leave his White House job last fall, many in the West Wing wondered how the president would manage without his personal security chief-turned-confidant, who had been working for Trump nearly 20 years.
As it turns out, Schiller didn't go very far. Within weeks of leaving his job as director of Oval Office operations, Schiller's private security firm, KS Global Group, began collecting $15,000 a month for "security services" from the Republican National Committee.
According to an RNC official, Schiller is being paid for security consulting on the site selection process for the 2020 Republican National Convention. Schiller's fee comes out of the RNC's convention fund, not its campaign fund, the official noted.
Campaign finance watchdog groups, however, were quick to cry foul. ... "These sorts of party accounts are notorious for being operated as slush funds — lightly regulated and ripe for abuse," said Stephen Spaulding, former special counsel at the Federal Election Commission and now chief of strategy at the nonpartisan advocacy group Common Cause.
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