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Biden may be stuck with the cronies and allies Trump appointed to government boards
Biden’s team is looking into whether it can replace dozens of Trump’s last-minute appointments to boards and commissions. It won’t be easy.
Corey Lewandowski speaks outside the Pennsylvania Convention Center on Nov. 5, 2020, in Philadelphia. At left is Pam Bondi. | Matt Slocum/AP
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Before leaving office, Donald Trump appointed dozens of allies and former aides to a wide range of government boards and commissions and there s not much Joe Biden can do about it.
Pam Bondi is helping oversee the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts. Kellyanne Conway is primed for a posting on the board of the Air Force Academy. And Corey Lewandowski is set to serve on a panel that gives business advice to the secretary of Defense.
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 aid
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By JORDYN PHELPS and BENJAMIN SIEGEL, ABC News
(WASHINGTON) While President Donald Trump has refused to acknowledge that he lost the election, he’s handling the lame-duck period as his predecessors did in one respect: awarding plum appointments to key allies, donors and friends on his way out of the White House.
Since the election, the White House has announced more than 100 appointments and nominations – some to key administration posts, but also to various advisory boards and commissions, in a practice also done by the Bush and Obama White Houses.
He’s named former White House Counselor Kellyanne Conway to the Air Force Academy Board of Visitors despite having no obvious connection to the school or the military, along with Heidi Stirrup, an administration official recently barred from the Justice Department over claims she pressured officials for information related to election fraud.
By JORDYN PHELPS and BENJAMIN SIEGEL, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — While President Donald Trump has refused to acknowledge that he lost the election, he’s handling the lame-duck period as his predecessors did in one respect: awarding plum appointments to key allies, donors and friends on his way out of the White House. Since the election, [.]