Several staffers were informally told by transition officials that some past marijuana use would be overlooked, only to be told later that they were being asked to resign.

The Daily Beast ^ | March 19, 2021 | Scott Bixby Asawin Suebsaeng Adam Rawnsley

[Jess Kitting]

Dozens of young White House staffers have been suspended, asked to resign, or placed in a remote work program due to past marijuana use, frustrating staffers who were pleased by initial indications from the Biden administration that recreational use of cannabis would not be immediately disqualifying for would-be personnel, according to three people familiar with the situation.

The policy has even affected staffers whose marijuana use was exclusive to one of the 14 states—and the District of Columbia—where cannabis is legal. Sources familiar with the matter also said a number of young staffers were either put on probation or canned because they revealed past marijuana use in an official document they filled out as part of the lengthy background check for a position in the Biden White House.

In some cases, staffers were informally told by transition higher-ups ahead of formally joining the administration that they would likely overlook some past marijuana use, only to be asked later to resign.

“There were one-on-one calls with individual affected staffers—rather, ex-staffers,” one former White House staffer affected by the policy told The Daily Beast. “I was asked to resign.”

“Nothing was ever explained” on the calls, they added, which were led by White House Director of Management and Administration Anne Filipic. “The policies were never explained, the threshold for what was excusable and what was inexcusable was never explained.”

[Jess Kitting]

Full title: Several staffers were informally told by transition officials that some past marijuana use would be overlooked, only to be told later that they were being asked to resign.

[Jess Kitting]

What about Hypocrite-in-Chief, Kamala Harris?

[Seruzawa]

[Pearls Before Swine]

This is stupid. At least the Clintons didn’t pretend pot was an issue they were too virtuous to be associated with. Pot? Hell, some of the major BJC staffers were known coke-heads.

[QBFimi]

So sorry - no more Dopin’ Dan the Army man* in the Xiden aadministration.

*Apologies to Robert Crumb

[Alberta's Child]

I suspect the ones who were fired were those who admitted smoking marijuana just days before they started working on the transition team.

[Slyfox]

You are right. During the Clinton administration, the detail whose job it was to do the security clearances could never finish his job.

Hillary thought she was so smart when she got Huma out of completing her security clearance.

So, what that says is that Huma never got a security clearance for all that top secret information she was handling.

Plus, they were somehow able to bypass the skiffs. No one is supposed to be able bypass the skiffs.

[sphinx]

My guess is that there is more to the story. Possibilities: the fired staffers lied about their level of use. Or they lied about how recent their use may have been. Or they were using a lot of stuff other than pot as well. Or they were dealing. I suppose the list could be extended. The WH is trying to minimize the embarrassment and the damage to their future employability, but my guess is that more is involved.

[SoCal Pubbie]

“Half my family’s from Jamaica. Are you kidding me?”

KH

[Bonemaker]

Serves them right...for being democrats and believing a democrat!😀

[Bonemaker]

Serves them right...for being democrats and believing a democrat!😀

[BenLurkin]

Democ-Rats

[C210N]

Bidan is on his way out; Commie-La has used; likely, pot intake was a *prerequisite* of WH employ.

Clean way of removal of ALL the cabal inhabitants and WH cretins, to make it completely empty.

[Texan5]

No sympathy for them here-that is what happens in the “real” world of private employment that the rest of us work in-hope they like their first taste of it...

[skimbell]

If all of Kamala Willie Licker’s habits are a prerequisite for WH employment, that ought to be a rockin’ place.

[RC one]

Quid pro Ho smoked the Mary Jo don't you know. She even said so. listening to Tupac and Snoop Dawg like she was born in the ghetto. But then she got mean on the green when despite her Jamaica gene she joined the police team and cracked down on the weed scene.

All over town and all over Willie Brown. A tribute to skanks, moving up in the ranks, laughing out loud while prosecuting the dank. She never looked back, or gave a second thought, as she incarcerated people for smoking pot.

[RinaseaofDs]

Clinton snorted so much cocaine in his time they gave him a nickname for it.

[Reily]

Wonder why the SloJoes are all of a sudden gagging at this particular “gnat” ?

[LuxAerterna]

My guess is that there is more to the story...

Me too. There are definitely people with security clearances who have admitted to smoking marijuana. There's something fishy about this story.

[Candor7]

People calling in political favors and pressure for fewer white men. Needed to get rid of a few..... so what excuse ? Cannibis Use of Course~!

Thats just how a liberal fascist thinks/

Perfectly OK you see.