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RandySF

(58,511 posts)
Fri Dec 21, 2018, 10:19 PM Dec 2018

WHITE HOUSE STAFFER DEVISED PLAN TO 'HIDE OUT' FOR 6 MONTHS WHILE STILL GETTING PAID: REPORT

White House Deputy Chief of Staff Zachary Fuentes reportedly told colleagues that he would “hide out” in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, above, in Washington, D.C., for six months until he could retire early.

One White House aid reportedly tried to “hide out” in Washington, D.C., for six months until he could qualify for a Coast Guard early retirement program. But then the program was pulled from Congress and canceled.

Zachary Fuentes, the White House deputy chief of staff, told colleagues that after his boss and mentor John Kelly left the Trump administration at the end of 2018, he planned to retreat from his role and wait until he could qualify for an early retirement program, all while remaining on the payroll, according to a report by The New York Times.

Fuentes, an active-duty officer in the Coast Guard, would only need to “hide out” until July in order to complete 15 years of service in the military and qualify for early retirement. The 36-year-old White House staffer told co-workers that he would find refuge in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building located near the White House.


https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.newsweek.com/white-house-staffer-tried-hide-out-six-months-1268313%3famp=1

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WHITE HOUSE STAFFER DEVISED PLAN TO 'HIDE OUT' FOR 6 MONTHS WHILE STILL GETTING PAID: REPORT (Original Post) RandySF Dec 2018 OP
What an idiot. madaboutharry Dec 2018 #1
Obviously he can't really 'hide out', he'd have to have a job of some kind mr_lebowski Dec 2018 #2
Maybe He Should Have Hidden In The Gym smb Dec 2018 #3
Rachel Maddow just did a story about him. BigmanPigman Dec 2018 #4
Be interesting to know the dollar value to a 37 year old, with long expectancy of 'revenue' empedocles Dec 2018 #6
Yes, yes, and Insane....Insane..... a kennedy Dec 2018 #7
Run of the mill, petty, routine like, trumpster corruption empedocles Dec 2018 #5
Put him in jail. rockfordfile Dec 2018 #8
Turns out Zackie is who got the blame for SHITLER's France/cemetery fiasco: UTUSN Dec 2018 #9
Another Pig at the Trough dlk Dec 2018 #10
OMG! Like George Costanza? Initech Dec 2018 #11
Reality? Liberal In Texas Dec 2018 #12

madaboutharry

(40,190 posts)
1. What an idiot.
Fri Dec 21, 2018, 10:22 PM
Dec 2018

I bet he’s sorry he didn’t just look for another job. Now everyone knows he’s a jerk.

 

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)
2. Obviously he can't really 'hide out', he'd have to have a job of some kind
Fri Dec 21, 2018, 10:23 PM
Dec 2018

Still, it sounds a bit grifty, esp. cause he also talked to high-ups in Homeland Security and asked for their help with lobbying Congress to re-instate this particular 15-year service retirement program, which had apparently recently expired as a 'thing'.

Liberal In Texas

(13,533 posts)
12. Reality?
Sat Dec 22, 2018, 12:59 AM
Dec 2018

This is like a bad episode of "Twilight Zone" when they tried to remake it. We live in bizarro world.

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