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RandySF

(58,757 posts)
Thu Jun 15, 2017, 11:16 PM Jun 2017

Trump chooses family event planner to run N.Y. federal housing programs.

She’s arranged tournaments at Trump golf courses, served as the liaison to the Trump family during his presidential campaign, and even arranged Eric Trump’s wedding.

Now President Trump has appointed longtime loyalist Lynne Patton — who has zero housing experience and claims a law degree the school says she never earned — to run the office that oversees federal housing programs in New York.

Patton was appointed Wednesday to head up the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development’s Region II, which includes New York and New Jersey, where she’ll oversee distribution of billions of taxpayer dollars.

Patton’s tight relationship with the Trump clan dates back to 2009, when she began serving as the family’s “event planner.”

“Responsible for organizing, executing and assisting with upscale events and celebrity golf tournaments,” her LinkedIn profile says. “Handle celebrity talent acquisition for various marketing projects, philanthropic events and golf tournaments.”

“Responsible for organizing, executing and assisting with upscale events and celebrity golf tournaments,” her LinkedIn profile says. “Handle celebrity talent acquisition for various marketing projects, philanthropic events and golf tournaments.”

From 2011 through January, she also helped run the Eric Trump Foundation, a charity that's now under investigation by state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.


http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/trump-chooses-family-event-planner-run-n-y-housing-programs-article-1.3251314?cid=bitly

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Trump chooses family event planner to run N.Y. federal housing programs. (Original Post) RandySF Jun 2017 OP
Super! More idiocracy lunasun Jun 2017 #1
With fake law degree? Madam45for2923 Jun 2017 #2
Did Rump University offer law degrees? nt Buns_of_Fire Jun 2017 #5
I assume the next event she will be planning is the funneling of Luciferous Jun 2017 #3
FFS.. Kittycow Jun 2017 #4
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