Michelle Hackman
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
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Listeners may be familiar with that because it's the same designation Elon Musk got.
It's supposed to be for sort of specialized private sector expertise.
It's supposed to be for a short stint inside the government.
But Corey Lewandowski still had a role in the private sector.
for his own consulting firm while also effectively serving as the chief of staff at DHS.
Now, he was supposed to serve only 130 days, but he played all sorts of games to extend that out.
He would basically follow other people into DHS buildings so he didn't have to swipe himself in.
So that way he wouldn't count a day.
Anytime he traveled with the secretary, he didn't count that toward his 130 days.
And so he kept extending this
It's got only 18 seats, and it's got a private cabin in back.
Now, in DHS paperwork, this thing is earmarked for high-profile deportations.
But we were told that this was the plane that Chrissy Noem and Corey Lewandowski were flying around in.
Basically, they set up this rule that said any contract over $100,000 had to receive personal sign-off from them.
Now, that might sound like a good government strategy.
You know, $100,000 is a big chunk of change.
But DHS is a multi-billion dollar agency.
There are a lot of very big checks.
And $100,000 in government really doesn't buy you very much.