As Trump’s term nears end, loyalists seal plush posts
21 Dec 2020
Former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski speaks at the GOP headquarters in Martinez, Georgia. File/Associated Press
Jordan Fabian,
Tribune News Service
Donald Trump has appointed a slew of prominent aides, supporters and fundraisers to federal advisory boards since losing re-election, a sometimes controversial practice that indicates recognition his presidency is coming to a close.
Roughly three dozen Trump allies have received appointments to federal boards and commissions in recent weeks — including some who bring no apparent expertise to the posts.
For instance, Trump appointed two of his 2016 campaign officials, Corey Lewandowski and David Bossie, to the traditionally nonpartisan Pentagon’s Defence Business Board. Andrew Giuliani, the 34-year-old son of Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani, secured a spot on the US Holocaust Memorial Museum’s board, along with the president’s close aide and body man, Nick Luna.