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When the Trump White House welcomed its newest batch of interns earlier this year, the director of the internship program, Zoe Jackman, did what administration officials normally do when fresh blood arrives: She warned them against being leakers.
Soon enough, according to three sources familiar with the process, a representative from the White House counsels office materialized to greet the newcomers, and to demand what the Trump White House has required of so many other interns and senior officials.
Upon orientation, the interns signed their very own non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), with the envoy of the counsels office warning them that a breach of the NDA blabbing to the media, for instance could result in legal, and thus financial, consequences for them. Interns were also told that they would not receive their own copies, these sources said.
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MagickMuffin
(15,951 posts)Gee I wonder why they can't have their own copies?
Cowards each and everyone of them.
Bonx
(2,066 posts)Exclusive: Congress requires many unpaid interns to sign nondisclosure agreements
"For unpaid interns on Capitol Hill, secrecy is so much a part of the job that on their first day, many are required to sign sweeping nondisclosure agreements.
Employment lawyers reviewed two Hill NDAs obtained by Vox and said they are written in a way that could discourage interns from speaking up about anything, potentially protecting members of Congress and their staff even in cases of harassment or abuse.
[Interns] are going to read it and think, I cant say anything to anyone or Im going to be sued, said Alexis Ronickher, an employment lawyer at Katz, Marshall & Banks.
The NDAs came from a Democratic House office and a Democratic Senate office. Four lawyers reviewed the agreements and said some of the requirements looked standard but others did not."
https://www.vox.com/2018/3/5/17066728/exclusive-congress-requires-many-unpaid-interns-to-sign-nondisclosure-agreements
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)Bonx
(2,066 posts)Don't see that in the linked article from the OP.
yortsed snacilbuper
(7,939 posts)Interns were also told that they would not receive their own copies.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-white-house-is-forcing-interns-to-sign-ndas-and-threatening-them-with-financial-ruin/ar-BBTTfNW?ocid=spartanntp
Bonx
(2,066 posts)It would nice to know if this is true beyond 'these sources said.'. Not giving them a copy doesn't sound legal, but I'm no lawyer.
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)Interns should have said FU and left.
Hugin
(33,189 posts)Yet, the Senate and the Republicans do nothing.
Autumn
(45,120 posts)marybourg
(12,634 posts)these are null and void. Their duty is to the people of the U.S., not to tRump and they are priveliged to report what they see.
WillowTree
(5,325 posts)GoCubsGo
(32,086 posts)I doubt it, but it's beyond me why anyone in their right mind would want to be a part of that shit. Granted, I thoroughly doubt that any of them are in their right mind.
nini
(16,672 posts)I do at my job.
However, using those as a threat of some kind is no bueno.
And I hope anyone who knows of illegal activities does not honor it.
yortsed snacilbuper
(7,939 posts)The interns worship trump.
lame54
(35,317 posts)yortsed snacilbuper
(7,939 posts)It doesn't seems like it would help your career!
lame54
(35,317 posts)gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Trump wants only the truest of true believers signing up. Get them to sign the agreement while they're still in the "Holy socks, I'm working in the White House for the greatest president ever!" stage, and you've cornered them. Later, when the shine has worn off and the soul-sucking evil has these interns in its grasp, their only option is to quit and hope for a decent referral. Otherwise, just leave that as a gap in your resume and hope prospective employers never ask you about it.
yortsed snacilbuper
(7,939 posts)he owns you!
lame54
(35,317 posts)Is if your tell all book is incomplete
Azathoth
(4,611 posts)Not only is it illegal to prevent people from talking to Congress, but Trump doesn't get to append his personal business shenanigans to federal hiring practices. This kind of shit even crosses into blatant First Amendment violations.