I dunno. This guy strikes me as a kindler gentler version of the Creepy Porn Lawyer.
He was always slimy AF but this is a coordinated detonation. He was among a number of GS and other DS plants in the Trump admin (many that Javanka ended up foolishly bringing in themselves) who were intended to do in Trump from within. They eventually ended up expunged before they could pull off the ultimate take-down of Trump and so now they are stepping forward as one of several strategies (post-Russia, Russia, Russia, “racism, racism, racism” and tanking the economy are clearly two more) to try to stave off re-election.