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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrumps drug policy appointee was let go at law firm after he just didnt show, lied on resume
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/trumps-24-year-old-drug-policy-appointee-was-let-go-at-law-firm-after-he-just-didnt-show/2018/01/20/a7de7c28-fd43-11e7-ad8c-ecbb62019393_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-more-top-stories_drugnominee-653am%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.176819daa32fA former Trump campaign worker appointed at age 23 to a top position in the White Houses drug policy office had been let go from a job at a law firm because he repeatedly missed work, a partner at the firm said.
While in college, late in 2014 or early in 2015, Taylor Weyeneth began working as a legal assistant at the New York firm ODwyer & Bernstien. He was discharged in August 2015, partner Brian ODwyer said in an interview.
We were very disappointed in what happened, ODwyer said. He said that he hired Weyeneth in part because both men were involved in the same fraternity, and that the firm invested time training him for what was expected to be a longer relationship. Instead, he said, Weyeneth just didnt show.
n a résumé initially submitted to the government, Weyeneth said he worked at the firm until April 2016. When an FBI official called as part of a background check in January 2017, the firm said Weyeneth had left eight months earlier than the résumé indicated, ODwyer said.
A spokesman at the Office of National Drug Control Policy where Weyeneth, 24, is deputy chief of staff said Weyeneth was unavailable for comment. In replies to The Post, the White House did not address questions about Weyeneths work at the law firm.
An administration official previously said that Weyeneth revised his résumé to correct errors. In a revised résumé, Weyeneth said he worked at the law firm from November 2014 to August 2015. Details of his time there and the circumstances of his departure have not been previously reported.
A Jan. 14 Post story detailing Weyeneths rapid rise at the drug policy office, or ONDCP, prompted 10 Democratic senators on Wednesday to write President Trump. The lawmakers, including Sens. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) and Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), expressed extreme concern about Weyeneths promotion and unfilled drug policy jobs.
You have claimed that the opioid epidemic is a top priority for your administration, but the personnel you have staffing these key agencies and the lack of nominees to head them is cause for deep concern, the letter said.
Following his graduation, in May 2016, Weyeneth served as a paid member of Trumps presidential campaign and then as a volunteer with the transition, arranging housing for senior administration officials. He worked closely with Rick Dearborn, now White House deputy chief of staff.
After being contacted by The Post about Weyeneths qualifications and inconsistencies on his résumés, an administration official on Jan. 12 said Weyeneth will return to the position he initially held at the agency, as a White House liaison. The official said that Weyeneth has been primarily performing administrative work, rather than making policy decisions, and that he had assumed additional duties and an additional title following staff openings.
On his résumés, Weyeneth revised dates relating to job assignments, and he cut the number of hours he claimed he had volunteered at a monastery in Queens while at St. Johns from 275 to 150. A third résumé, provided by the White House, does not mention volunteer work at the monastery.
Weyeneth left unchanged a portion of his résumés that indicated he had a masters degree from Fordham University, though a university official told The Post he has not finished his coursework. Weyeneth also left unchanged an assertion that he served for three years as vice president of Kappa Sigma. That claim was contradicted by a fraternity spokesman, Nathan Glanton, who told The Post that Weyeneth was vice president for only 18 months.
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So lied about his experience, didn't show up at job and yet appointed by Trump.
Wanna bet this is a payback job....and why does he even have one.
Gabi Hayes
(28,795 posts)Irish_Dem
(47,990 posts)sunonmars
(8,656 posts)withoutapaddle
(263 posts)Crooked to the bone and full of hate.
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)not fooled
(5,805 posts)same kookiness, different religions.
lpbk2713
(42,774 posts)This would justify an investigation to verify any sworn statements of this sort
from top to bottom. It seems like no one in the Trump Admin can be trusted.
Who knew?
sunonmars
(8,656 posts)Why are all these scumbags still here, not to mention fraud or lying to a federal agency charge.
TeamPooka
(24,298 posts)getagrip_already
(14,972 posts)I wonder when his last drug test was?
Just askin.
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,362 posts)The kid was "Director of Production" at the time but mommy says he wasn't involved in that piece of the business. So it's ok.
From another search of his name (not sure what a boing boing.net is but it quotes the post)
https://boingboing.net/2018/01/15/all-the-best-people.html
When he was in high school, Weyeneth was Director of Production for Natures Chemistry, a family firm in Skaneateles, N.Y., that specialized in processing chia seeds and other health products. One résumé said he served in that job from 2008 to 2013, and two others indicate he stopped working there in September 2011.
In the summer and fall of 2011, the firm was secretly processing illegal steroids from China as part of a conspiracy involving people from Virginia, California and elsewhere in the United States and one person in China, federal court records show. Weyeneths stepfather, Matthew Greacen, pleaded guilty to a felony conspiracy charge last year and received two years probation and a fine.
Weyeneth was not charged in the investigation, known as Operation Grasshopper. His mother, Kim Weyeneth, said in an interview that neither she nor her son knew about the steroid production and that he provided information to help the federal prosecutors.
tblue37
(65,550 posts)Cartaphelius
(868 posts)The Trump terrorist administration, fellow republicans and big business are authorized to murder of thousands of Americans for profit without consequence. Yet, an immigrant, even just one, should send
shivers of fear throughout our shared psyche as we watch the Neo-Nazi republicans running our nation murder citizens at will.
It must be stopped immediately.
B Stieg
(2,410 posts)Just sayin'...
Susan Calvin
(1,657 posts)BobTheSubgenius
(11,580 posts)...he worries me far less than most of that awful administration. He's just a lazy, lying prick - minimal pre-reqs for a new appointee.
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,755 posts)Retweeted by David Fahrenthold: https://twitter.com/Fahrenthold
This story remains just wild [link: https://t.co/ZlNZwVK52q|http://wapo.st/2DAcqKI
Link to tweet
DU: Meet the 24-year-old Trump campaign worker appointed to help lead the governments drug policy office
Meet the 24-year-old Trump campaign worker appointed to help lead the governments drug policy office
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,755 posts)Per Kellyanne Conway, the preferred term is "alternative facts."
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,755 posts)This guy digs deep to find incompetence.
By JOE PATRICE
Jan 22, 2018 at 11:57 AM
Generally speaking, its not fair to make professional judgments about someone based on what they did when they were 22. Theyre still learning how to comport themselves in the work world while being torn apart by twin poles of youthful arrogance and existential fear. Its miserable and magical oh yeah.
But when Donald Trump chose to pass out a senior role in crafting Americas drug policy to a 24-year-old campaign worker, his exploits as a 22-year-old became incredibly relevant. Taylor Weyeneth set off the latest gnashing of teeth when lawmakers concerned about the opioid crisis started wondering why Skippy the MAGAhead got tabbed to guide policy while the Office of National Drug Control Policy still doesnt have a permanent director. ... Now comes news that as an undergrad like, a couple years ago Weyeneth was fired from his job as a legal assistant at New York law firm ODwyer & Bernstien because he, just didnt show according to Brian ODwyer.
Note that he wasnt let go for shoddy work product or improper conduct, but for consistently not even bothering to show up. Weyeneth failed at the threshold of professional conduct. Say what you will about the drunk who punched the boss at the holiday party, at least that guy showed up. Consider the hubris required to take a job and just not go. Think about the contempt you must have for your employers to see that work has to be done, but spend the majority of your time golfing at a luxury estate while the whole operation shuts down. Actually, Im starting to see Weyeneths appeal to this White House.
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During the W. Bush years, his supporters adopted the mantra that he surrounds himself with good people. It was always a nonsensical maxim used to sidestep the cognitive dissonance of turning over a world power to a moron. One year into the Trump administration, hes put his sons wedding planner who tried to mislead people about having a law degree in charge of a housing office, a blogger on the Sixth Circuit, and tried to hand a lifetime appointment to a ghost hunter. ... With this guys nose for talent, it really makes you question the bona fides of those Apprentice champions.
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Joe Patrice is an editor at Above the Law and co-host of Thinking Like A Lawyer. Feel free to email any tips, questions, or comments {joe@abovethelaw.com}. Follow him on Twitter if youre interested in law, politics, and a healthy dose of college sports news.