Trump loyalist at VA forced out after collecting pay but doing little work

[Eugene]

Source: Washington Post

By Lisa Rein and Josh Dawsey December 11 at 6:15 PM

The Trump administration has forced out a senior White House political appointee at the Department of Veterans Affairs who spent months on the federal payroll doing little to no work.

Peter O’Rourke’s departure marks an unceremonious fall for a Trump loyalist once seen as a rising star at VA, where he nonetheless had a rocky tenure, first leading a high-profile office handling whistleblower complaints, next as chief of staff and then, for two months, as the agency’s acting secretary.

Since August he has held the nebulous role of senior adviser, with an uncertain portfolio and a senior executive salary as high as $161,000. VA Secretary Robert Wilkie asked for his resignation Friday, O’Rourke said.

O’Rourke said in an interview that he remains “very supportive of the president and the agenda of the Trump administration” and would like to rejoin the administration.

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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/there-were-times-i-didnt-have-a-lot-to-do-trump-loyalist-at-va-forced-out-after-collecting-pay-but-doing-little-work/2018/12/11/26e4704a-fcb7-11e8-ad40-cdfd0e0dd65a_story.html

[louis-t]

1. Yeah but, yeah but, yeah but,

he only hires the BEST people!!1!!1
Looks like they may have found the next chief of staff!

[The Liberal Lion]

2. grifters gonna grift

[IronLionZion]

3. It's just a coincidence that all of Trump's friends are winners like this

[angrychair]

4. By the sounds of it

...and would like to rejoin the administration.

He is about to become the next chief of staff...

[smb]

5. Now If Only That Would Happen To The Golfer-In-Chief nt

[Judi Lynn]

6. He had the impression it was a (Mafia) "no work" job.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

7. There are currently almost 60,000 vacancies at the VA nationwide.

$161,000 might not seem like much, but there are places where that money would make a difference.

[SKKY]

8. This is one of the idiots who wanted to privatize the VA...

...when Secretary Wilkie toured our facility, someone asked him about efforts to privatize the VA during the open forum he had with employees. His response was, "Yea, I hear the rumors, but if privatization was the administration's goal, they've hired the wrong Secretary."

[lark]

9. Sure, who wouldn't want to earn $161,000 for doing nothing.

he obviously thinks they're dumb enough to hire him agin because work doesn't matter to drumpf, just destruction, and guess he didn't do enough of that at VA.