Trump administration unable to fill Justice Department jobs because lawyers are avoiding him like
the plague.
by Tom Boggioni at the Raw Story
http://www.rawstory.com/2017/05/trump-administration-unable-to-fill-justice-department-jobs-because-lawyers-are-avoiding-him-like-the-plague/
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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.”
At issue: Trump’s abrupt firing of FBI Director James Comey — who he also referred to as a “nut job” — and fear of being caught up in the looming Russian scandal that could bring the whole administration down and lead to Trump’s impeachment.
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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