Trump's personal assistant abruptly exits White House
Source: CNN
Updated 10:45 PM ET, Thu August 29, 2019
Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump's personal assistant, who's been with him since the start of his administration, has left the White House, a source familiar with the situation told CNN.
Madeleine Westerhout resigned as executive assistant to the President on Thursday after Trump learned she had shared information with reporters at a recent off-the-record meeting, during which she didn't say her comments were off-the-record, according to sources familiar with her departure. Westerhout had discussed White House affairs during the session, which a reporter disclosed to White House staff.
A former White House official told CNN that Trump was close with Westerhout -- whose office was directly in front of the Oval Office -- but discussing personal information about his family was a red line.
The New York Times was the first to report Westerhout's exit. Citing a source with knowledge of her departure, The Times reported that Westerhout was considered a "separated employee" Thursday and would not be allowed to return to the White House on Friday..................................
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/29/politics/trump-personal-assistant-madeleine-westerhout/index.html
I bet she has a whole lot of secrets stored in her head.
President Donald Trump's personal assistant was with him since the start of his administration.
3catwoman3
(23,971 posts)...Hope Hicks clone.
Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)She's a dead ringer for Ms. Hicks.
Looks like Ivanka isn't his only "type".
Blue Owl
(50,347 posts)and Phone De-Fecalizer...
a kennedy
(29,644 posts)Blue Owl
(50,347 posts)Just think of what that poor woman had to go through! The horror... the horror...
Maxheader
(4,372 posts)ear wax remover, shoe licker, navel cleaner, golf club wiper...
Captain Zero
(6,800 posts)After the library has it.
No Vested Interest
(5,165 posts)That's the reason she was "separated", isn't it?
I understand and appreciate your sarcasm...
RainCaster
(10,865 posts)jmowreader
(50,552 posts)Considering who's actually in the White House, there's a sentence with a significant double meaning!
Grokenstein
(5,722 posts)or pretending she wasn't playing nursemaid to Damien Thorn.
Danascot
(4,690 posts)Being personal assistant to Trump would be way worse than ANY of Mike Rowe's Dirty Jobs.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,900 posts)packman
(16,296 posts)OR- Look for her as a guest narrator on Fox News.
Firestorm49
(4,031 posts)AKing
(511 posts)Response to riversedge (Original post)
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