As the president-elect moves forward with personnel decisions for his next administration at breakneck speed, the four new cabinet nominees announced by the Trump-Vance transition team on Wednesday include 2024 Trump campaign senior adviser Dan Scavino and Stephen.・Includes Mr. Miller.
Mr. Scavino will return to the White House as chief of staff and deputy chief of staff. He was social media director for Trump's 2016 presidential campaign and has worked with the president-elect ever since, including serving as White House social media director during Trump's first term.
Scavino “remains one of President Trump's longest-serving and most trusted aides,” the Trump-Vance transition team said in a statement.
Scavino was also charged with contempt of Congress in 2022 for failing to respond for a month to subpoenas from a House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. He claimed executive privilege, but the Justice Department declined to prosecute him.
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Dan Scavino speaks at President Trump's Madison Square Garden rally on October 27, 2024. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
Mr. Miller has been appointed deputy chief of staff for policy and homeland security adviser. Miller previously served as a senior policy adviser in the Trump White House and helped craft many of Trump's tough speeches and immigration plans.
Since President Trump left office, Miller has served as president of America First Legal, an organization of former Trump advisers created as a conservative version of the American Civil Liberties Union, and has been working with the Biden administration, media companies, universities, and others on issues such as freedom. is against. freedom of speech, religion, and national security.
Miller has advocated for mass deportations during his second term as Trump's chief of staff.
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Stephen Miller speaks at a Trump campaign rally at Lancaster Airport in Lititz, Pennsylvania, on November 3, 2024. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
The announcement came just before President-elect Trump met with President Biden at the White House.
Meanwhile, James Blair will become the president and deputy chief of staff for legislative, political and communications affairs. Blair served as political director for both the Trump 2024 campaign and the Republican National Committee, managing hundreds of staff and overseeing a wide range of political activities and programs, according to the statement.
Mr. Blair was a key figure in Mr. Trump's economic message during his successful campaign to return to the White House this year, and the candidate's “Trump can fix it'' slogan and this fall's It became the driving force behind the question of whether people's lives are better than they were four years ago.
Taylor Budowicz will serve as the president-elect's deputy chief of staff for communications and human resources.
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The announcement came just before President-elect Trump met with President Biden at the White House. (AP Photo/Evan Vuk)
Prior to joining Trump's 2024 campaign, Mr. Badowich held senior positions at Save America, President Trump's leadership political action committee (PAC), and was CEO of MAGA Inc., a pro-Trump super PAC. He was in charge of
Like Mr. Scavino and Mr. Miller, Mr. Blair and Mr. Budowicz will also serve as aides to the president-elect.
President-elect Trump said in a statement: “Dan, Stephen, James, and Taylor are the 'top-of-the-line' advisors to my winning campaign, and I am confident they will serve the American people honorably in the White House.” said. “In their new roles, they will continue to work hard to make America great again.”
Fox News' Danielle Wallace and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
