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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or are they deliberately slow walking all these clearances as part of the “resistance”.
But the Muslim Brotherhood have no problem passing security clearances?
Escort Jeff Sessions out & get someone in there to lock Hillary up.
I think you are on to something. There was a report on FR recently also saying that and IIRC indicating that some on the inside had said as much.
Good point. There’s a third possibility here, one that I didn’t consider.
My first thought was leaks to the press.
I see his brother is Mnuchin’s body man.
Trump’s aide was a UConn quarterback, and we know the UConn basketball team was dirty, maybe their football team too?
Trump isn’t one to keep people who do not perform, regardless of who they are.
If it was a delay then why fire him now? It has to be something in his background made it clear he wasn’t going to get the security clearance under any normal circumstances. Part of the Kelly crackdown on temporary clearances?
A lot of us have probably already seen his famous youtube video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0WMd0Y6hIw&t=6s
He doesn’t have much obvious background to question. I’d bet he was found leaking. That’s why he was booted without being able to pick up his jacket or anything else.
Pity, seems like a bright ambitious guy. Wonder what the issue was?
Maybe the Broncos can hire him?
Yes security clearance problems, however minutes later given a job as senior adviser on Trump's reelection campaign operations.
If that video didn’t get him an invite...
He looks like perfect material for Hope Hicks to have her way with....
Looks like the Broncos have chosen former Vikings’ QB Case Keenum
Get Over IT!!
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