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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHere's the primo scumbucket I'D SURE LIKE TO HEAR FROM (J. McEntee)
The office was run by Johnny McEntee. Just 29 when he got the job, hed come up as Trumps body guythe kid who carried the candidates bags. One of Trumps most high-profile Cabinet secretaries described him to me as a fucking idiot. But in 2020, his power was undeniable. Trump knew he was the one person willing to do anything Trump wanted. As another senior official told me, He became the deputy president.
McEntee and his enforcers made the disastrous last weeks of the Trump presidency possible. They backed the presidents manic drive to overturn the election, and helped set the stage for the January 6 assault on the Capitol. Thanks to them, in the end, the elusive adults in the roomthose who might have been willing to confront the president or try to control his most destructive tendencieswere silenced or gone. But McEntee was therebossing around Cabinet secretaries, decapitating the civilian leadership at the Pentagon, and forcing officials high and low to state their allegiance to Trump.
McEntee and his enforcers made the disastrous last weeks of the Trump presidency possible. They backed the presidents manic drive to overturn the election, and helped set the stage for the January 6 assault on the Capitol. Thanks to them, in the end, the elusive adults in the roomthose who might have been willing to confront the president or try to control his most destructive tendencieswere silenced or gone. But McEntee was therebossing around Cabinet secretaries, decapitating the civilian leadership at the Pentagon, and forcing officials high and low to state their allegiance to Trump.
Nov '21https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/11/trump-johnny-mcentee-january-6-betrayal/620646/
Nov 21, letter from Rep Thompson:
https://january6th.house.gov/sites/democrats.january6th.house.gov/files/20211109%20McEntee.pdf
Nov. 20:
According to a senior administration official, John McEntee, director
of the White House Presidential Personnel Office, is spreading the
word throughout the administration that if he hears of anyone looking
for another job they will be fired.
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Here's the primo scumbucket I'D SURE LIKE TO HEAR FROM (J. McEntee) (Original Post)
Leghorn21
Jun 2022
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Ohio Joe
(21,752 posts)1. Interesting... I forgot about this scumbag...
He was subpoenaed but... After that I find nothing. No refusal, no word he showed, no referral to prosecute... Just nothing. Very odd... Very interesting.
empedocles
(15,751 posts)2. As acting Deputy President in trump's final days, he is almost surely is under investigation.
The Atlantic article is extensive. Even mentions mcenteenees financial vulnerabilities in 2018.
Article notes he is stil in touch with trump. [Seems likely to be in close touch].
No need for DOJ or the Committee to mention him now.
ultralite001
(894 posts)3. Sick & twisted RTump enabler...
But the facts didnt matter to McEntee. By distorting what happened in 1801, McEntee could turn up the pressure on Pence. Thomas Jefferson was the author of the Declaration of Independence and one of those guys on Mount Rushmore. If it was okay for him to use his power as vice president to get himself elected president, how could it not be okay for Pence to use his power to reelect Trump now?
bottomofthehill
(8,329 posts)4. Remember, this piece of garbage could not get a security clearence.
He was such a piece of shit, John Kelly had him removed from the Whitehouse as a security risk. Once Kelly was gone, Trump brought him right back.
dalton99a
(81,455 posts)8. +1
spanone
(135,825 posts)5. Only the best....
criminals.
MerryBlooms
(11,767 posts)6. r&k
czarjak
(11,269 posts)7. THAT look.
dalton99a
(81,455 posts)9. The Atlantic article is a must read.
crickets
(25,962 posts)10. Wow. What a never-ending train wreck. K&R