Trumps personal aide lost White House position over gambling habit
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s personal assistant, John McEntee, lost his White House job this week because an investigation found he was a frequent gambler whose habit posed a security risk, according to two people familiar with his departure.
A background investigation found that McEntee bet tens of thousands of dollars at a time, making him unsuitable for a sensitive position close to the president, according to a person with knowledge of the situation. There was no indication his gambling was illegal, but there was concern that the 27-year-old could be vulnerable to outside influence, the person said.
The Wall Street Journal first reported the concerns about McEntee’s gambling.
McEntee, who had been one of the first staffers to join the Trump campaign and served as the president’s “body man” after Trump’s election, was escorted off the White House grounds Monday after being notified that he was being let go. McEntee was “very upset” to learn he was being terminated, according to one person, and complained he had done nothing improper.
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders earlier this week declined to offer an explanation for his departure, saying, “We don’t comment on personnel issues.”
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...that's got to be some high dollar action.
Good thing Trump is so disciplined about blabbing classified information to anyone that's around him. 
