President Donald Trump’s top White House lawyer, Don McGahn, is expected to step down later this year, though his resignation is contingent on the president finding a replacement and several other factors, according to four sources familiar with McGahn’s thinking.
New Staffer: Another TV personality joins the White House Crew.
Shulkin is out!
WASHINGTON — After weeks of uncertainty atop the Department of Veterans Affairs, President Trump on Wednesday said he plans to replace its secretary, David J. Shulkin, with the president’s personal physician, Dr. Ronny L. Jackson, a rear admiral in the Navy.
Heads Up:
Wednesday was Hope Hicks last day.
This looks staged, what do you think? Watch video👇
It looked very staged to me too. Par for the course…
Rumored:
EPA Chief, Scott Pruitt
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Pruitt is still hanging on for now, in part because Kelly wanted to wait for an upcoming EPA inspector general’s report into his expensive travels, the senior official said. Another possible reason: Pruitt is doing the job President Donald Trump wants — including an announcement Monday that the agency will reverse the Obama administration’s attempt to tighten fuel efficiency standards for cars and trucks.
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Todd Johnson, an advance officer and a Trump political appointee at the Department of Defense has resigned, after he posted “birther conspiracies about then-President Barack Obama and shared a video that claimed Obama was the Antichrist.”
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DJ Gribbin, Assistant to the President on Economic Policy is leaving the White SHouse.
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The White House’s top infrastructure adviser is leaving the administration as President Trump’s plans to inject funding to repair the nation’s roads and bridges will most likely have to wait until after the midterm elections.
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So no more infrastructure week(s)?
I think the less this so-called administration does (ie. screws up!), the better. And since trump is apparently sensitive to scandalous headlines, I want to remind everyone to keep up the pressure on the WH…let’s see how many rats we can make “walk the plank” eh?
Pruitt is skating on very thin ice.
Good catch!
Yeah,I am literally having a fever over these developments.
A fever over Pruitt? I’m confused. He’s awful, he shouldn’t be running the EPA or any agency at all.
Agree, drain the swamp
Lol, the only swamp is the swamp Trump brought with him into office.
We are on the same page. Messaging from Trumpland is falling on deaf ears but it is still very dangerous. Pruitt is the aggressor and has a green light.
A new revelation about Samantha Dravis’ resignation from the EPA: There are reports that she didn’t show up for work for three months, but was still paid. Something more is going on here than a simple resignation.
@Keaton_James All of this should result in congressional hearings at the very least. This is overwhelming. Just wow.
OK – I almost didn’t post this since the only source I can find is The Daily Mail and they’re basing their reporting on a trade journal, InsideEPA (registration required). I’ll leave it to WTFJHT moderators to decide if the sourcing on this story meets the site’s standards.
The Rob Porter scandal took yet another turn Thursday, as it was reported that the accused wife-beater was a source of damaging information about embattled EPA administrator Scott Pruitt.
Porter previously dated Samantha Dravis, a close top aide to Pruitt who has followed him to three jobs. Dravis has resigned her policy position at EPA, it was revealed Thursday, as her boss weathers a series of ethical scandals.
Dravis played a critical role in the ouster of former White House staff secretary Rob Porter, who left his post after Daily Mail revealed spousal abuse allegations against him by one of his ex-wives.
I know, I know. This story should be viewed with a big dose of skepticism pending further corroboration. It’s really hard to believe the Pruitt scandal could get any swampier, but it does seem to be sinking into the stuff of supermarket tabloids.