Trump administration has 100+ open positions... but nobody wants to work for him.

[DetlefK]

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/05/trump-administration-unable-to-fill-justice-department-jobs-because-lawyers-are-avoiding-him-like-the-plague/

The Trump Administration — already behind in making political appointments — now finds itself unable to fill important jobs connected to the Justice Department because attorneys, mindful of their reputations, want nothing to do with the scandal-plagued White House.

According to Politico, the President’s staffers are are coming up empty when it comes to tracking down legal minds interested in working for the president.

“They were dealing with a pool that had already shrunk and, now, of course, some people will be avoiding it like the plague,” one GOP lawyer who worked in President George W. Bush’s administration told Politico. “The lesser-known folks are wondering if they’re going to take a huge reputational hit if the president of the United States starts tweeting about them. … There’s definitely some poisoning of the well going on in terms of who would take a job at this point.”

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Politico notes that the pool of candidates the White House had to choose from was extraordinarily small to begin with, as many mainstream conservative attorneys signed “Never Trump” pledges prior to the 2016 elections — which could also prove a hindrance since the White House has pushed for appointees to make a “loyalty pledge” to the president.

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“I look around at people considering going into the Trump administration and the same names come up for every open job…It’s the same six names for every open job—the people who are both qualified and willing to serve.”

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“That’s been a bit of a problem for the administration, but not as much at DOJ,” the adviser said. “That’s been a very serious problem over at the State Department. A lot of the conservative foreign policy establishment were ‘Never Trumpers…’ The proportion is much higher at the State Department and the White House.”

[mopinko]

1. failure to staff the government should, imho,

be one of the articles of impeachment.
gross incompetence.

[luvMIdog]

2. I volunteer to bring him his coffee

[NCjack]

3. Maybe some jail house lawyers are interested. Check with

Bureau of Prisons. Another idea -- Liberty University might have some zealots.

[Vinca]

4. Don't suggest that. There are enough Christian fanatics in the White House.

[NCjack]

6. But, their reputations will be ruined. Their only career path will

be to follow that of Ken Starr. Maybe become president of Baylor U.

[Zorro]

5. Discrediting or otherwise wrecking the government has been a Republican goal for decades

ever since that fool Reagan claimed "government is the problem".