{"id":88539,"date":"2017-08-29T00:33:32","date_gmt":"2017-08-29T00:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/former-trump-administration-officials-where-are-they-now.html"},"modified":"2017-08-29T00:33:32","modified_gmt":"2017-08-29T00:33:32","slug":"former-trump-administration-officials-where-are-they-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/political\/former-trump-administration-officials-where-are-they-now.html","title":{"rendered":"Former Trump administration officials: Where are they now?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"speakable\">Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon is already back at the populist Breitbart News and ex-Trump aide Sebastian Gorka is expected to join him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Bannon and Gorka aren\u2019t alone in needing to brush off their resumes after working briefly for the Trump administration; in less than a year since Donald Trump became president, <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">more than one dozen high-level officials<\/a> have been fired or resigned from the administration.<\/p>\n<p>Read on for a look at what some former Trump administration officials are up to now. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>Steve Bannon<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Steve Bannon, a hardcore populist, was <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">removed as the president\u2019s chief strategist<\/a> on Aug. 18. And it wasn\u2019t long before the former Breitbart News chief was back at his old conservative publication.<\/p>\n<section class=\"related-image\">\n<header>\n<h2>Related Image<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/images.foxnews.com\/content\/fox-news\/politics\/2017\/08\/28\/former-trump-administration-officials-where-are-now\/_jcr_content\/article-text\/article-par-5\/embed_image\/image.img.jpg\/612\/344\/1503947972690.jpg?ve=1tl=1\" alt=\"In this photo taken April 29, 2017, Steve Bannon, chief White House strategist to President Donald Trump is seen in Harrisburg, Pa. The Campaign Legal Center is complaining in a letter to the White House that Bannon may be illegally accepting outside professional services.(AP Photo\/Carolyn Kaster)\" \/><span class=\"overlay\">Expand \/ Collapse<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Then-White House chief strategist Steve Bannon, is seen in Harrisburg, Pa.<\/p>\n<p>                            \u00a0<span class=\"copyright\">(AP Photo\/Carolyn Kaster)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>\u201cIf there\u2019s any confusion out there, let me clear it up: I\u2019m leaving the White House and going to war for Trump against his opponents &#8212; on Capitol Hill, in the media, and in corporate America,\u201d Bannon <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">told Bloomberg<\/a> following his departure.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">FORMER TRUMP ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS, FROM BANNON TO COMEY<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Bannon returned to Breitbart as its executive chairman on the same day his ouster from the White House was announced and led its evening editorial meeting, the site said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe populist-nationalist movement got a lot stronger today,\u201d Breitbart News Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">said in a statement<\/a>. \u201cBreitbart gained an executive chairman with his finger on the pulse of the Trump agenda.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">praised his former employee<\/a> on social media and predicted that Bannon will be \u201ca tough and smart new voice\u201d at the publication he headed for several years prior to working for Trump.<\/p>\n<p><b>James Comey<\/b><\/p>\n<p>In less than a year, James Comey went from F.B.I. director to college faculty.<\/p>\n<p>Comey, who was unceremoniously fired by Trump in May, is set to join Howard University as part-time lecturer in the fall as the 2017-2018 Gwendolyn S. and Colbert I. King Endowed Chair in Public Policy.<\/p>\n<section class=\"related-image\">\n<header>\n<h2>Related Image<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/images.foxnews.com\/content\/fox-news\/politics\/2017\/08\/28\/former-trump-administration-officials-where-are-now\/_jcr_content\/article-text\/article-par-13\/embed_image\/image.img.jpg\/612\/344\/1503948061361.jpg?ve=1tl=1\" alt=\"Former FBI Director James Comey testifies before a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Russia's alleged interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 8, 2017. REUTERS\/Jonathan Ernst - RTX39NW5\" \/><span class=\"overlay\">Expand \/ Collapse<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Former FBI Director James Comey testifies before a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Russia&#8217;s influence on the 2016 election.<\/p>\n<p>                            \u00a0<span class=\"copyright\">(Reuters\/Jonathan Ernst)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>The King Chair is part of the Washington, D.C., college\u2019s push to \u201cprovide students access to experienced, senior public service executives who developed and advanced public policy initiatives,\u201d according to a <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">university press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Comey, who was sacked from his job at the F.B.I. just two months after he announced the agency was looking into ties between the Trump campaign and Russia\u2019s meddling in the presidential election, said he was \u201chonored\u201d to be at Howard.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">RNC OFFICIALS WHO FOLLOWED SPICER, PRIEBUS TO WHITE HOUSE WORRIED ABOUT THEIR JOBS<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHoward has a longstanding history of being a vibrant academic community and the perfect place to have a rich dialogue on many of the most pressing issues we face today,\u201d Comey said in a statement.<b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Anthony Scaramucci<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Anthony Scaramucci was the White House communications director for only 10 days, but he caused quite the shake-up in less than two weeks.<\/p>\n<section class=\"related-image\">\n<header>\n<h2>Related Image<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/images.foxnews.com\/content\/fox-news\/politics\/2017\/08\/28\/former-trump-administration-officials-where-are-now\/_jcr_content\/article-text\/article-par-19\/embed_image\/image.img.jpg\/612\/344\/1503948573980.jpg?ve=1tl=1\" alt=\"In this Tuesday, July 25, 2017, photo, White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci speaks to members of the media at the White House in Washington. Scaramucci offered newsroom leaders a test on Thursday. They needed to decide whether to fully use the obscenities relied on by Scaramucci to describe fellow White House aides or talk around them. (AP Photo\/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)\" \/><span class=\"overlay\">Expand \/ Collapse<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci speaks to members of the media at the White House.<\/p>\n<p>                            \u00a0<span class=\"copyright\">(AP Photo\/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>During his tenure, the Goldman Sachs alumnus ranted about his coworkers in an infamous and crude <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">interview with the New Yorker<\/a> \u2013 specifically slamming former chief of staff Reince Priebus as a \u201cparanoid schizophrenic\u201d and former chief strategist Steve Bannon.<\/p>\n<p>Since he\u2019s left the White House, Scaramucci has been quite active on social media \u2013 including tweeting some vaguely self-deprecating images.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">COMBATIVE EX-TRUMP AIDE EXPECTED TO JOIN BREITBART NEWS<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>On Aug. 4, <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Scaramucci tweeted a cartoon<\/a> depicting a cartoonist banging his head against the wall as he\u2019s frustrated that Trump seems to be firing \u201cWhite House misfits\u201d at a rapid pace. A computer screen in the cartoon reads, \u201cNew flash! Mooch out!!\u201d \u2013 invoking Scaramucci\u2019s common nick name, \u201cThe Mooch.\u201d \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On Aug. 22, <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">he tweeted an image<\/a> of a t-shirt that reads, \u201cI was communications director for 10 days and all I got was this lousy shirt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Scaramucci is <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">expected to speak<\/a> at a Liberty University convocation in November.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s also signed with Hollywood publicist Howard Bragman, who authored the book \u201cWhere\u2019s My Fifteen Minutes,\u201d <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Politico reported<\/a>\u00a0earlier in August.<\/p>\n<p><b>Michael Flynn<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s former national security adviser is no longer part of the White House, but he still remains under multiple investigations for his dealings with foreign governments, particularly Russia, during the presidential campaign.<\/p>\n<section class=\"related-image\">\n<header>\n<h2>Related Image<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/images.foxnews.com\/content\/fox-news\/politics\/2017\/08\/28\/former-trump-administration-officials-where-are-now\/_jcr_content\/article-text\/article-par-28\/embed_image\/image.img.jpg\/612\/344\/1503948244927.jpg?ve=1tl=1\" alt=\"FILE - In this Feb. 10, 2017 file photo, then-National Security Adviser Michael Flynn sits in the East Room of the White House in Washington.  A member of Donald Trump's transition team asked national security officials in the Obama White House for the classified CIA profile on Russia's ambassador to the United States. The unusual request appears to signal that Trump's own team had concerns about whether his pick for national security adviser, Mike Flynn, fully understood that he was dealing with a man rumored to have ties to Russian intelligence agencies. (AP Photo\/Carolyn Kaster, File)\" \/><span class=\"overlay\">Expand \/ Collapse<\/span><\/p>\n<p>At the time the national security adviser, Michael Flynn sits in the East Room of the White House.<\/p>\n<p>                            \u00a0<span class=\"copyright\">(AP Photo\/Carolyn Kaster)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>The embattled former Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">resigned under harsh scrutiny<\/a> in February after it was revealed that he misled the administration when it came to his ties to and conversations with Russian officials.<\/p>\n<p>Since his firing, Flynn registered as a foreign agent with the Justice Department in March.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">TRUMP\u2019S ECONOMIC ADVISER DRAFTS RESIGNATION LETTER<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Special Counsel Robert Mueller is <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">investigating whether Flynn was involved<\/a> in the push to obtain former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton\u2019s emails from Russian hackers during the presidential campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Several of Flynn\u2019s allies and appointees in the White House have been <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">slowly pushed out<\/a> as well.<\/p>\n<p><b>Sean Spicer<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer could have been a star \u2013 a dancing star, that is.<\/p>\n<p>After Spicer resigned as Anthony Scaramucci was hired as the White House\u2019s short-lived communications director, he <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">reportedly turned down<\/a> an opportunity to be a contestant on ABC\u2019s \u201cDancing with the Stars.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"related-image\">\n<header>\n<h2>Related Image<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/images.foxnews.com\/content\/fox-news\/politics\/2017\/08\/28\/former-trump-administration-officials-where-are-now\/_jcr_content\/article-text\/article-par-36\/embed_image\/image.img.jpg\/612\/344\/1503948643907.jpg?ve=1tl=1\" alt=\"White House press secretary Sean Spicer arrives for the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Monday, June 12, 2017. (AP Photo\/Susan Walsh)\" \/><span class=\"overlay\">Expand \/ Collapse<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Then-White House press secretary Sean Spicer arrives for the daily press briefing at the White House.<\/p>\n<p>                            \u00a0<span class=\"copyright\">(AP Photo\/Susan Walsh)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>Sources <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">told TMZ<\/a> that Spicer turned down the gig because he has an \u201coverwhelming number of commitments in the fall\u201d and because \u201che\u2019s not a good dancer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Politico reported<\/a> that while Spicer had officially quit, he is still on the White House pay roll as he \u201cnegotiate[es] his next gig\u201d and meets with TV networks.<\/p>\n<p>Since he announced he was leaving the Trump administration, Spicer has been <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">photographed with fans<\/a> at Fenway Park and <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">\u201cis angling\u201d to appear<\/a> on \u201cSaturday Night Live.\u201d He has also consistently shared Trump\u2019s tweets and messages of support for the administration on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p><i><\/i><\/p>\n<p>\t<i><\/i><\/p>\n<p>Article source: http:\/\/feeds.foxnews.com\/~r\/foxnews\/politics\/~3\/-oiDwNIWitQ\/former-trump-administration-officials-where-are-now.html<\/a>\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon is already back at the populist Breitbart News and ex-Trump aide Sebastian Gorka is expected to join him. Bannon and Gorka aren\u2019t alone in needing to brush off their resumes after working briefly for the Trump administration; in less than a year since Donald Trump became president, more [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[84],"class_list":["post-88539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-political","tag-political"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88539"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88539\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}