CNN: Longtime Trump Confidante To Appear Before House Intel Committee

Keith Schiller President-elect Donald Trump's private security director, arrives at Trump Tower in New York, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017. Schiller has been named deputy assistant to the president and his director of Oval ... Keith Schiller President-elect Donald Trump's private security director, arrives at Trump Tower in New York, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017. Schiller has been named deputy assistant to the president and his director of Oval Office operations. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) MORE LESS
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Keith Schiller, President Donald Trump’s former personal bodyguard-turned-former White House aide, will appear before the House Intelligence Committee, which is investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election, CNN reported late Wednesday.

CNN reported, citing two unnamed sources familiar with the matter, that Schiller will appear before the congressional panel next Tuesday.

ABC News reported in June that the House Intelligence Committee was seeking to interview Schiller as part of its probe into Russia’s election meddling.

Schiller led the Trump Organization’s security operations before he joined Trump’s administration as director of Oval Office operations.

He was one of Trump’s most loyal and trusted aides; the President dispatched him in May to fire former FBI director James Comey (who was out of town) and in August to fire former White House aide George Gigicos.

Schiller left Trump’s administration in September after newly minted White House chief of staff John Kelly reportedly revoked his Oval Office walk-in privileges.

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  1. I don’t see Trump making it through the next 6 months.

  2. Avatar for erik_t erik_t says:

    Hmm. Sounds like a guy who might know where all the bodies are buried. And he’s neither rich nor part of the family. So, y’know, I hope they haven’t done anything to piss him off or make him feel unappreciated or make him inclined to stab his old boss in the back

    Schiller left Trump’s administration in September after newly minted White House chief of staff John Kelly reportedly revoked his Oval Office walk-in privileges.

    ah, hmm.

  3. I want him gone before the mid terms, but not too long before the mid terms that people forget how awful he is/was. We need to be able to tie every Republican running for re-election to Trump and his policies, whichever version was the worst for the most.

  4. You and I are thinking along the same lines here for sure. :slight_smile:

  5. We need to be able to use the terms wish-washy and flip-flopper. Now the last one I don’t understand why it riles up his base since those are what they wear on their feet.

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