White House liaison to Hill out amid allegations of contacts with lobbyists

[brooklynite]

Source: Politico

Chris Cox, President Donald Trump's top liaison to the House of Representatives, has told associates he is leaving the White House, 15 hours after POLITICO raised questions about his alleged contacts with a former lobbying client while in government.

On multiple occasions, Cox suggested while working in the White House that he was collecting intelligence or doing work after speaking to representatives and lobbyists from corporate interests, multiple sources said. White House spokesman Judd Deere defended the practice in Playbook's afternoon edition Thursday. "I’m not seeing anything nefarious here," he said.

On Thursday afternoon, POLITICO raised a further series of questions about whether and how Cox was involved in a matter last month involving a former lobbying client that was pushing for help in the Trump administration; the White House declined comment. By Friday morning, he said he was leaving the White House.



Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/10/white-house-liaison-congress-lobbyists-356107

[bucolic_frolic]

1. I doubt they'd sweat any ethics concerns, so perhaps he was offered a new job at one of the firms?

[empedocles]

2. trump's pay to play racket may have limits. No cash on WH desks.

Under the tables, way to go.

[lagomorph777]

3. I don't get it. Corruption is a job requirement in the Turd administration.

I assume he left because he has checked the "White House insider" box on his resume and now can get a big bucks lobbyist job. He didn't leave because anybody in the White House has a problem with his corruption.

[riversedge]

11. Spot on.

[Laelth]

4. Good work, Politico. Kudos. n/t

-Laelth

[louis-t]

5. Deere doesn't see anything "nefarious" because

every one of them is a crook and this is just another day at the office.

[underpants]

6. McDonalds

Has more retention

[Laelth]

7. That's actually a true statement.

Spooky.

-Laelth

[underpants]

8. I don't mean to demean their employees either

You can build quite a career there. Hell I’d be near retirement if I’d started there early on.

[Champp]

9. Republican grifters on the make. As ever.

What grifty scumbags the republicans are. They can't stop ripping off America and Americans


?

[LudwigPastorius]

10. That there is some first class swamp draining, Donnie.

...only the BEST people.