Posted on 03/13/2018 6:50:34 AM PDT by Leaning Right
President Donald Trump’s personal assistant, John McEntee, was escorted out of the White House on Monday, two senior administration officials said. The cause of the firing was an unspecified security issue, said a third White House official with knowledge of the situation.
White House press secretary Sarah Sanders declined to comment saying, “We don’t comment on personnel issues.” McEntee didn’t return a call seeking comment.
McEntee was one of the longest-serving aides to Trump, dating back to the earliest days of the campaign...
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Could have been worse. A VP where I worked was called into a meeting, whereupon he was handcuffed and taken away by the police.
Why couldn't it be something in the present job performance such as leaks........?
You can post that on a Tillerson thread too.
...and did they get a State Dept aid rolled into this as well?
WIN — WIN — WIN
It’s a pin that is issued daily by the Secret Service for visitors to the WH. The background color differs based on who/what/where type of visit.
When the head of the CIA was a Communist, it’s hard for anyone in that administration to be rejected as a security risk.
Thank you. FR is such a wealth of understanding!
“Can you lose your clearance for a DUI or financial problems?”
Both are huge. One other thing they look at is “conspicuous consumption”, and they look at your stuff — house, cars, etc. — and determine if the value is higher than your family’s income. If not, then “where’s the money coming from”?
Husband had TS during his career and we had to steer clear of some really great people at our church who were Chinese nationals. We visited Niagara Falls and couldn’t go to the Canadian side because he didn’t apply for clearance before the trip. It was weird, and had had to mind your Ps and Qs in every part of life.
It turns out we were right. Not only did he leak, he leaked a lie about Tillerson.
How is that relevant to the thread? Any idea how irritating and counterproductive people like you’ve become here at FR?
One thing to state your opinion, another to spam the hell out of it. Cut it out.
Lewie Corandowski?
Hey, it only took me two tries!
Looking back on this, it may be someone sabotaged his background file to prevent a housecleaning, because he was later rehired...
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