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WH political appointee official sees 4 of her own family members appointed to government positions.
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Steven Rich
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21h21 hours ago
The most senior official in charge of the White House office for recruiting and vetting political appointees has seen four of her own family members appointed to government positions. https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/behind-the-chaos-office-that-vets-trump-appointees-plagued-by-inexperience/2018/03/30/cde31a1a-28a3-11e8-ab19-06a445a08c94_story.html?utm_term=.a85f8575bdaa
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Dave Clarke
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21h21 hours ago
Behind the chaos: Office that vets Trump appointees plagued by inexperience... In January, they played a drinking game in the office called Icing to celebrate the deputy directors 30th birthday.
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Investigations
Behind the chaos: Office that vets Trump appointees plagued by inexperience
By Robert O'Harrow Jr. and Shawn Boburg March 30 at 4:53 PM
robert.oharrow@washpost.com; shawn.boburg@washpost.com
An obscure White House office responsible for recruiting and vetting thousands of political appointees has suffered from inexperience and a shortage of staff, hobbling the Trump administrations efforts to place qualified people in key posts across government, documents and interviews show.
At the same time, two office leaders have spotty records themselves: a college dropout with arrests for drunken driving and bad checks and a Marine Corps reservist with arrests for assault, disorderly conduct, fleeing an officer and underage drinking.
The Presidential Personnel Office (PPO) is little known outside political circles. But it has far-reaching influence as a gateway for the appointed officials who carry out the presidents policies and run federal agencies.
Under President Trump, the office was launched with far fewer people than in prior administrations. It has served as a refuge for young campaign workers, a stopover for senior officials on their way to other posts and a source of jobs for friends and family, a Washington Post investigation found. One senior staffer has had four relatives receive appointments through the office.
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This article has been updated with additional statistics provided by the White House.
Alice Crites contributed to this report.
Robert OHarrow Jr. is a reporter and author on the investigative unit at The Washington Post. He focuses on accountability journalism and writes about the Trump administration, technology, politicians, the federal government and abuses of power, and he has been a Pulitzer Prize finalist twice.
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Shawn Boburg is a reporter for The Washington Post's investigative unit. He was previously an accountability reporter for the Metro section. He joined The Post in 2015.
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WH political appointee official sees 4 of her own family members appointed to government positions. (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
Mar 2018
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barbtries
(28,811 posts)1. in your face corruption
it's so hard to even know where to start. like a swarm of octopi with every hand grabbing grabbing grabbing and they never sleep.
dalton99a
(81,570 posts)2. Kick
Nitram
(22,879 posts)3. Kick this tin-horn nepotistic corrupt dictatorship out of office!.
NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)4. Like a bad remake of "Animal House"
We're paying these people to hold happy hours and drinking games.
Johnny2X2X
(19,114 posts)5. Staggering corruption.
When Trump is gone, well spend decades trying to figure out where all the money went. They are raiding the treasury to the tune of $Billions. Anyone involved with Trump now has a free pass to steal as much as they want from the taxpayers. They will take it all if they are given the time.