President Trump has reportedly appointed a longtime Trump family supporter and event planner with no housing experience to oversee federal housing programs in New York.
Lynne Patton will lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) region that oversees New York and New Jersey, the New York Daily News reported Thursday.
Patton’s LinkedIn profile states that she began working as an event planner for the Trump family in 2009 and was a vice president at the Eric Trump Foundation from 2011 through January. The foundation is now under investigation by the New York attorney general for allegedly funneling $110,000 into the Trump Organization that was designated for St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital.
Patton also states on her LinkedIn that she earned a law degree from the Quinnipiac University School of Law, but the school registrar told the Daily News that Patton only attended for two semesters and didn’t graduate.
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Trump appoints family event planner to oversee New York federal housing: report https://t.co/uGVijZVCyC pic.twitter.com/vfV7g2vJBJ
— The Hill (@thehill) June 16, 2017
Dem to Trump: Remove family event planner as head of New York federal housing https://t.co/Q9VVAkIxU0 pic.twitter.com/PQAGcvoJPM
— The Hill (@thehill) June 16, 2017
Rep. Grace Meng (D-N.Y.) had a stern reminder for President Trump on Friday: “This not The Apprentice.”…..
“This not The Apprentice; the federal government is not your personal patronage system,” Meng wrote in a letter to Trump, referencing the reality TV show Trump hosted on NBC.
“I ask that you appoint an individual who is qualified to oversee such a serious task.”
The dem rep is 100% right. He is giving these jobs as political payback for services rendered and has nothing to do with whether these people are qualified or not for the job. And on top of it all it seems this woman also liked about her education.
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