Sean Spicer Is Resetting His Post-White House Career Strategy [View all]
Source: BuzzFeed News
The former press secretary didn’t land a lucrative TV news pundit job. Now both Spicer and Washington super lawyer/agent Bob Barnett are distancing themselves from each other.
Posted on November 18, 2017, at 10:54 a.m.
Steven Perlberg
BuzzFeed News Reporter
At first, Sean Spicer’s exit from the White House followed the blueprint for famous administration officials.
Step one: Hire mega lawyer/agent Bob Barnett, who has represented presidents and their operatives in lucrative deals, from Barack Obama and David Axelrod to George W. Bush and Karl Rove. Step two: Make the rounds at various TV networks, where a contributor job can yield reliable, high-profile income.
But step three — landing the plush TV deal — never happened.
Now Spicer and Barnett, who seeks to uphold a reputation as the preeminent talent broker in Washington, are both distancing themselves from one another, according to sources familiar with the matter. Around Washington, Barnett has downplayed his relationship with Spicer, sources said. Spicer, for his part, is leaning on another agent who has represented Trump world talent like Ivanka Trump, Corey Lewandowski, and David Bossie — Mel Berger from agency giant WME.
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