Trump taps Sean Spicer to join Naval Academy board of visitors

President Trump plans to appoint former White House press secretary Sean Spicer to the Naval Academy's Board of Visitors, the White House announced Wednesday.

Spicer is one of three individuals Trump intends to name to the board, which monitors the academics, morale and finances of the Naval Academy.

Spicer, a Navy Reserve officer, served as Trump's press secretary for roughly six months before resigning in July 2017. Prior to that, he worked as communications director for the Republican National Committee.

Trump also intends to appoint David Urban, who worked on the president's 2016 campaign and appears as a contributor on CNN, as well as retired Army officer Guy C. Swan III.

All three men will serve terms that expire at the end of 2021

Spicer, who served as White House press secretary during former White House chief of staff Reince Priebus's tenure in the administration, offered his thanks to Trump on Twitter.

The board of visitors is a 15-member group made up of various political appointees. The president chooses six members, the vice president chooses three, the Speaker chooses four, and the Senate and House Armed Services committees each choose one.

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/455599-trump-taps-sean-spicer-to-join-naval-academy-board-of-visitors?

Tlaib Donor Has Been Deceased for 10 Years

Tlaib received $2,500 from Michigan businessman who died in 2009

Democratic freshman representative Rashida Tlaib (Mich.) received a generous donation during the second quarter in the name of a man who died more than 10 years ago, a review of campaign and online records shows.

Tlaib's campaign committee, Rashida Tlaib for Congress, hauled in donations of at least $2,000 from dozens of individuals between April 1 and June 30. One of those contributions was from George S. Farah Sr., a Michigan businessman, real estate developer, and community leader who made his way from Palestine to the United States in the mid-1950s. Farah passed away on Feb. 1, 2009, from heart failure, according to a Michigan Live article published at the time of his death.

On June 22, Tlaib's campaign received a $2,500 donation in his name, Federal Election Commission filings show. A search of public records, which also state that he is deceased, provides an address identical to the one written on the contribution to Tlaib's campaign committee. Grand Blanc Township property records also show that the residence located at that address is registered in Farah's name along with that of his widow.

Tlaib is the sole federal politician to receive a donation in Farah's name for the 2020 election cycle. In the past, Rep. Dan Kildee (D., Mich.) has also received contributions from Farah following his passing. Kildee, who first ran for the House of Representatives during the 2012 election cycle, was given $1,400 in total contributions in Farah's name between 2011 and 2017. The two Democratic Michigan representatives are the only federal politicians who received money in Farah's name for the past 10 years.

Federal law prohibits making campaign contributions in the name of another individual.

https://freebeacon.com/politics/tlaib-donor-has-been-dead-for-10-years/