Posted on 07/31/2024 2:50:30 AM PDT by Libloather
Anita Dunn, who has served as a top advisor to President Biden during his presidency and his campaigns, is leaving her White House perch to advise a super PAC backing VP Kamala Harris.
Dunn was part of a core group of longtime aides advising Biden as he decided to end his presidential campaign, and was reportedly one of the few who got a head’s up a minute before the president blasted out his decision.
Now she’ll be guiding the Future Forward PAC, which says it plans to spend $300 million bolstering Harris, although campaign rules will limit coordination with the campaign itself.
Biden gushed about Dunn in a statement confirming her exit. ‘I deeply value her counsel and friendship and I will continue to rely on her partnership and insights as we finish the job over the next six months,' he said in a statement released by the White House.
Dunn, whose title is senior advisor and who is married to the president’s personal lawyer Bob Bauer, popped in and out of the White House, eventually pulling back from her SKDK firm (she was one of the ‘Ks’ along with Bill Knapp) in 2022 to counsel Biden full time.
Dunn's influence inside the West Wing isn't disputed, although she was accused following Biden's debate disaster of failing to properly prepare the president for his contest with Donald Trump or anticipate the attendant risks.
And Dunn, like other top aides and Vice President Kamala Harris, faces questions about whether she knew about the deficiencies that ultimately led Biden himself to decide to 'pass the torch' to the younger Harris, who is now improving on his poor poll performance.
The Washington Post reported her departure.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Recall that when Anita is confused and needs advice, she consults her favorite philosopher Chairman Mao. They’re all CCP puppets.
Dunn and her husband, Bob Bauer are PURE EVIL!
so she gets fired by obama for saying mao is her hero
but biden hires her
Susan Rice, and now Anita Dunn.
The important players driving the Coup
In fairness, Biden was solely responsible for his debate performance.
BTTT
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The Executive Office of the President employs 1800 individuals, some 564 in the WH alone on a budget of $714 million. Anita Dunn’s published salary is $180,000.
According to the White House’s annual report on personnel, there were 564 staff members in the Biden White House, as of July 1, 2024. There were 106 staff members who earned an annual salary of $150,000 or more, 21 of whom received a salary of $180,000 or more. Eleven staff members received no salary. The average salary for paid staff members was $109,166.
This page provides an overview of how much White House staff members were compensated in 2024 and a list of the top-paid members in the Biden White House. It also provides historical information about Biden White House staff in 2021, 2022, and 2023.
Comparison of White House staff members, 2013-2024
Number of White House staff members, 2013-2024
The following chart shows the number of White House staff members in the Biden, Trump, and Obama administrations between 2013 and 2024. It includes both the total number and the paid number.
Biden had the largest staff during this time period with 564 staff members in 2024. Trump had the smallest staff with 374 in 2018.
Average salary of paid White House staff members, 2013-2024
The following chart shows the average salary of paid White House staff members in the Biden, Trump, and Obama administrations between 2013 and 2024. Salaries between 2013 and 2023 were inflation-adjusted to 2024 dollars.
The Trump White House had the highest average salary for paid staff members at $114,194 in 2017. The Biden White House had the lowest at $102,095 in 2022.
Overview
Distribution of annual salaries of Biden White House staff members
List of top-paid staff members in Biden White House
Historical overview of Biden White House staff members
Comparison of White House staff members from 2013 to 2024
Republican Party For information about Trump White House staff, click here.
Democratic Party For information about Obama White House staff, click here.
Overview
The Biden White House included 564 staff members as of July 1, 2024. Sixty-two staff members were detailees temporarily assigned to the White House from another agency or department. The other 502 staff members were employees.
The highest-paid staff member was Michelle Barrans, a detailee serving as associate counsel. Barrans’ annual salary was $251,258. There were 106 staff members who earned an annual salary of $150,000 or more, 21 of whom received a salary of $180,000 or more.
Eleven staff members received no salary. The majority of individuals receiving no salary—7—were policy advisors.
Distribution of annual salaries of Biden White House staff members. The following chart shows the distribution of annual salaries of White House staff members in 2024.
List of top-paid staff members in Biden White House (2024)
The following table lists the 106 individuals working in the White House with annual salaries of $150,000 or more, as of July 1, 2024. (see web site)
List of top-paid staff members in Biden White House (2022)
[show]Biden White House officials with an annual salary of $150,000 or more, 2022
List of top-paid staff members in Biden White House (2021)
[show]Biden White House officials with an annual salary of $150,000 or more, 2021
Historical overview of Biden White House staff members
2023
The Biden White House included 524 staff members as of July 1, 2023. Seventy staff members were detailees temporarily assigned to the White House from another agency or department. The other 454 staff members were employees.[2]
The highest-paid staff member was Demetre Daskalakis, a detailee serving as the deputy coordinator for the monkeypox response. Daskalakis’ annual salary was $260,718. Ninety-one staff members earned an annual salary of $150,000 or more, 41 of whom received a salary of $180,000 or more.
Nineteen staff members received no salary. The majority of individuals receiving no salary—12—were policy advisors.
The following chart shows the distribution of annual salaries of White House staff members in 2023.
2022
The Biden White House included 474 staff members as of July 1, 2022. Sixty-three staff members were detailees temporarily assigned to the White House from another agency or department. The other 411 staff members were employees.
The highest-paid staff member was Francis Collins, a detailee serving as acting science advisor to the president. Collins’ annual salary was $300,000. Eighty-four staff members earned an annual salary of $150,000 or more, 27 of whom received a salary of $180,000 or more.
Sixteen staff members received no salary. The majority of individuals receiving no salary—9—were policy advisors.
The following chart shows the distribution of annual salaries of White House staff members in 2022.
2021
The Biden White House included 560 staff members as of July 1, 2021.[3] Twenty-six staff members were detailees temporarily assigned to the White House from another agency or department. The other 536 staff members were employees.
The highest-paid staff member was Molly Groom, a policy advisor for immigration. Groom’s annual salary was $185,656. Twenty-four staff members earned $180,000 or more.
Forty-one staff members received no salary. The majority of individuals receiving no salary—36—were members of the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States.
The following chart shows the distribution of annual salaries of White House staff members in 2021. (see web site)
See also
Joe Biden presidential administration
Joe Biden’s Cabinet
Donald Trump White House staff
Footnotes
White House, “Annual Report to Congress on White House Office Personnel,” July 1, 2024
White House, “Annual Report to Congress on White House Personnel,” July 1, 2023
White House, “Annual Report to Congress on White House Personnel,” July 1, 2021
Circa 2022: Biden senior advisor Anita Dunn has to divest an investment
portfolio worth between $16.8 and $48.2 million to avoid conflicts
PUBLISHED FRI, AUG 12 2022, Brian Schwartz, @SCHWARTZBCNBC
The almost 20 listed clients once represented by Biden aide Anita Dunn include AT&T, Micron, American Clean Power Association, Lyft, Pivotal Ventures, Pfizer, Salesforce and Reddit.
The disclosure also shows dozens of stock holdings owned by Dunn, including previous call and put options tied to the S&P 500, corporate and municipal bonds and a plethora of individual stocks within numerous brokerage accounts. Dunn returned to the White House as an assistant and senior advisor to the president in May.
pic——Anita Dunn (L), senior advisor to President Joe Biden, and White House Deputy Director of Legislative Affairs Reema Dodin arrive for a lunch meeting with Senate Democrats at the U.S. Capitol on July 22, 2021 in Washington, DC. / Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images
White House senior advisor Anita Dunn is being forced to divest an investment portfolio worth an estimated $16.8 million to $48.2 million that ethics attorneys say poses significant conflicts of interest in her new role.
The political and communications strategist will also have to recuse herself from myriad domestic and international issues that affect her former clients.
Dunn’s newly released financial disclosures, which are 93 pages long, show extensive stock, options, bond and private equity holdings — a fortune she and her husband, veteran attorney Bob Bauer, have amassed over the years. Bauer is a high-powered lawyer who served in the White House under the Obama administration; Dunn is a founding member of the consulting firm SKDK where she was paid $738,715 over the last roughly 2½ years, according to the White House. The disclosure form also provides insight into her extensive client list at SKDK.
White House spokesman Chris Meagher told CNBC in an email Thursday that Dunn will need to divest her holdings and is recused from all matters involving SKDK and her past clients. She also won’t be able to attend any meetings involving them for two years, pursuant to the Biden-Harris ethics pledge, he said. The form discloses transactions over the two calendar years preceding her May 9 appointment, Meagher added.
“The ethics rules require White House officials to recuse from matters that conflict with their financial interests. When officials have a large scope of duties and an even larger stock portfolio, sunlight is the best disinfectant,” Kedric Payne, vice president and general counsel of the watchdog Campaign Legal Center, said after reviewing her disclosure.
Dunn worked for the president as one of his senior advisors from January 2021 through that August before returning for a brief stint this March. She was considered a special government employee for both posts who was exempt from disclosing her assets publicly. She wasn’t required to file a public disclosure form until her most recent appointment in May.
She returned as President Joe Biden’s public poll numbers were in flux and the administration was struggling with a panoply of vexing global and domestic crises, including Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the computer chip shortage, rising gas prices and sky-rocketing inflation. Biden also announced he was nominating Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court in late February.
The disclosure also shows dozens of stock holdings acquired by Dunn and her husband, including call and put options tied to the S&P 500, corporate and municipal bonds, and a plethora of individual stocks held in numerous brokerage accounts. Those brokerage accounts show investments in corporate giants such as Amazon, Alphabet, Boeing, Bank of America, Chevron, Dow, KKR and Morgan Stanley. The couple’s portfolio is diverse and includes at least $500,000 tied up in a hedge fund.
Ethics requirements for White House officials and lawmakers don’t require precise values, relying instead on a fairly wide range. Based on her disclosure form, H. Jude Boudreaux, a senior financial planner at The Planning Center, estimated her and her husband’s holdings to be worth between $16.8 million and $48.2 million.
Boudreaux is a certified financial planner at The Planning Center. Lee Baker, a certified financial planner at Apex Financial Services, estimated Dunn and her spouse to have a net worth between $18 million and $38 million in assets. Their properties aren’t listed on the form or included in calculating their net worth.
The couple held between $1,000 and $15,000 in corporate bonds issued by Lockheed Martin, Phillip Morris, Target, Bank of America, Apple and Boeing, among others — all companies that have frequent and multiple issues requiring federal oversight. The pair held between $15,001 and $50,000 in debt issued by numerous other corporations, including Cisco Systems, Oracle, Wells Fargo, Duke Energy, Visa and Amazon. They also have numerous accounts or mutual fund holdings that are valued at more than $500,000, apiece. Dunn additionally held between $1 million and $5 million of stock in marketing firm Stagwell, which she received after it acquired SKDK in 2015.
They also made tens of thousands of dollars exercising put options in the iShares Core S&P 500 Index, which could create conflicts of interest with “every single company” in the S&P 500, according to Walter Shaub, who used to run the Office of Government Ethics in the Obama administration and briefly served in the Trump administration.
“Options are not exempt from the conflict of interest statute under any circumstance. That means that she came into government with a conflict of interest with every company whose stock she wrote an option for and with every company in the referenced indexes,” Shaub said after reviewing Dunn’s financial disclosure. He said she needs to divest all of the options or recuse herself for every issue “affecting any company in the S&P 500 and any other company whose stock is the subject of an option she held.”
The power couple also held numerous municipal bonds that were used for state and local infrastructure and school projects across America, including in Burlington County, New Jersey; Clark County, Nevada; the Klein County Independent School District in Texas; and Miami Dade County, Florida, to name a few. The Biden administration has been doling out hundreds of billions, if not trillions, of dollars to local, city and state agencies and schools to upgrade transportation infrastructure, high-speed internet access and invest in other public works projects.
SKDK is within the top 25 paid Democratic political vendors in the country, according to nonpartisan campaign finance watchdog OpenSecrets. Data shows that during the 2020 election cycle, SKDK was paid more than $65 million by Democratic-aligned campaigns. Biden’s campaign paid over $2 million for SKDK’s services last cycle, according to OpenSecrets data.
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Seems like This old nut has been around the White House for decades!
Anita was a 100% Obama loyalist. I’m not surprised to see her involved in Joe’s demise.
It's a bee-yew-tee-full day, I'm going outdoors.
This is just plain weird.
Indeed
Speaking of Bauer
Wonder where Gary went?
If you’re serious I’ll tell you. Gary Bauer and Tom Rose have a FABULOUS podcast that is aired on PATRIOT at 10:00 on Saturday morning.
It was odd Biden didn’t know how bad it would go...
She was just hired by the Harris affiliated PAC. Remember, she and her husband “prepped” Biden to debate Trump.
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