Stefan Passantino
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incoming governments, which are staffed by people who have been in government their entire lives, and they just continue perpetuating the machine of being government people who are now working in the White House.
Except in 2016, when President Trump comes in and is not only bringing in people who really don't come from the government background, they come from successful business backgrounds and traditionally not even so much from public companies, just not used to the fact that there's myriad Washington rules that are foreign to anyone who's not been part of that world.
Except in 2016, when President Trump comes in and is not only bringing in people who really don't come from the government background, they come from successful business backgrounds and traditionally not even so much from public companies, just not used to the fact that there's myriad Washington rules that are foreign to anyone who's not been part of that world.
Except in 2016, when President Trump comes in and is not only bringing in people who really don't come from the government background, they come from successful business backgrounds and traditionally not even so much from public companies, just not used to the fact that there's myriad Washington rules that are foreign to anyone who's not been part of that world.
Correct. Without a doubt. And my job was to be the person who came in and really helped orient people to how do you navigate this bureaucracy that's called Washington, D.C.? How do you deal with all of the rules that regulate getting the job done that you were elected for? So I was The deputy White House counsel, whose job it was to make sure that people understood and followed the rules.
Correct. Without a doubt. And my job was to be the person who came in and really helped orient people to how do you navigate this bureaucracy that's called Washington, D.C.? How do you deal with all of the rules that regulate getting the job done that you were elected for? So I was The deputy White House counsel, whose job it was to make sure that people understood and followed the rules.
Correct. Without a doubt. And my job was to be the person who came in and really helped orient people to how do you navigate this bureaucracy that's called Washington, D.C.? How do you deal with all of the rules that regulate getting the job done that you were elected for? So I was The deputy White House counsel, whose job it was to make sure that people understood and followed the rules.
Now, of course, fast forwarding, it became entirely too delicious. If you have the opportunity to make ethics allegations against Trump's ethics lawyer, that's a story that's too good to check. And so I became known after having gone into that work and having worked for the president. I did that for two years. And then I moved effectively to the other side of the gates.
Now, of course, fast forwarding, it became entirely too delicious. If you have the opportunity to make ethics allegations against Trump's ethics lawyer, that's a story that's too good to check. And so I became known after having gone into that work and having worked for the president. I did that for two years. And then I moved effectively to the other side of the gates.
Now, of course, fast forwarding, it became entirely too delicious. If you have the opportunity to make ethics allegations against Trump's ethics lawyer, that's a story that's too good to check. And so I became known after having gone into that work and having worked for the president. I did that for two years. And then I moved effectively to the other side of the gates.
I helped represent the companies that were in the crosshairs. I did a lot of work for the Trump organization. And I did a lot of work for companies that wanted to interact and engage with the government. But I was no longer a government worker. I went back to being a practicing lawyer in Washington, D.C., And one of the things that that came along is the January 6th
I helped represent the companies that were in the crosshairs. I did a lot of work for the Trump organization. And I did a lot of work for companies that wanted to interact and engage with the government. But I was no longer a government worker. I went back to being a practicing lawyer in Washington, D.C., And one of the things that that came along is the January 6th
I helped represent the companies that were in the crosshairs. I did a lot of work for the Trump organization. And I did a lot of work for companies that wanted to interact and engage with the government. But I was no longer a government worker. I went back to being a practicing lawyer in Washington, D.C., And one of the things that that came along is the January 6th
investigation comes along, and that committee blanketed Washington, D.C. with subpoenas.
investigation comes along, and that committee blanketed Washington, D.C. with subpoenas.
investigation comes along, and that committee blanketed Washington, D.C. with subpoenas.
You see a lot of the very big names all having been called in to testify, but there were some 2,000 people that were called before the January 6th committee, including very low-level staffers, very low-level campaign workers, all of whom got knocks on the door from the FBI handing them subpoenas, and all of whom were saying, hey, well, since I'm here...
You see a lot of the very big names all having been called in to testify, but there were some 2,000 people that were called before the January 6th committee, including very low-level staffers, very low-level campaign workers, all of whom got knocks on the door from the FBI handing them subpoenas, and all of whom were saying, hey, well, since I'm here...
You see a lot of the very big names all having been called in to testify, but there were some 2,000 people that were called before the January 6th committee, including very low-level staffers, very low-level campaign workers, all of whom got knocks on the door from the FBI handing them subpoenas, and all of whom were saying, hey, well, since I'm here...
handing you the subpoena, you want to just talk a little bit about your role as a junior campaign person or a junior staffer or X, Y, Z within the White House. They were all getting brought in before this net.