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Trump Appoints Michael Flynn, Walt Nauta and Other Allies to Oversee U.S. Military Academies - The New York Times

  

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Via:  john-russell  •  2 weeks ago  •  9 comments

By:   Chris Cameron (nytimes)

Trump Appoints Michael Flynn, Walt Nauta and Other Allies to Oversee U.S. Military Academies - The New York Times
Among other appointees were Charlie Kirk, Sean Spicer and the daughter of Steve Bannon. President Trump purged several of the military oversight boards last month.

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President Trump moved on Monday to stack the boards overseeing U.S. military service academies with conservative activists and political allies, including Michael T. Flynn and Walt Nauta, who were charged in connection to earlier investigations of Mr. Trump and his presidential campaign.

Mr. Nauta, a military aide working as a White House valet while Mr. Trump was president, was appointed to the board overseeing the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. Mr. Nauta was charged with aiding Mr. Trump in obstructing the government's efforts to retrieve a trove of highly sensitive documents that Mr. Trump kept after he left office — one of four criminal cases against Mr. Trump that shadowed him during his presidential campaign last year.

Mr. Flynn, a retired lieutenant general and a national security adviser to Mr. Trump during his first term, was named to the oversight board of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, in New York. Mr. Flynn twice pleaded guilty to lying to the F.B.I. about his conversations with a Russian diplomat during a wider investigation into contacts between the first Trump presidential campaign and Russian officials. Mr. Trump later pardoned Mr. Flynn.

Other allies of the president appointed to the oversight boards included Charlie Kirk, a conservative activist whose organization aided Mr. Trump in the 2024 election; Dina Powell, a deputy national security adviser to Mr. Trump; Sean Spicer, Mr. Trump's first White House press secretary; and Maureen Bannon, the daughter of Steve Bannon who helps run his podcast. Mr. Trump also appointed Republican members of Congress and other military veterans to oversee the academies.

Mr. Kirk, who was appointed to the board overseeing the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado, had joined other conservatives in assailing the U.S. military leadership before Mr. Trump took office in January, arguing that the armed forces had gone soft under the Biden administration. Soon after the election, he gleefully predicted that Pete Hegseth, now the defense secretary, would "end the wokeification of the U.S. military."


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JohnRussell
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1  seeder  JohnRussell    2 weeks ago

Are these honorary positions or are these lunatics going to be actually put in charge of something?

Kirk is a racist and Flynn is an over the top Q Anon nut. 

Nauta is a Trump balls washer. 

 
 
 
Sparty On
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2  Sparty On    2 weeks ago

lol ….. so not a fan eh?

 
 
 
JohnRussell
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3  seeder  JohnRussell    2 weeks ago

Nautas "qualifications"

During the   presidency of Donald Trump , Nauta became a personal valet to the president.   He was responsible for responding to the   presidential call button , including when the president requested   Diet Cokes , which Nauta would bring to Trump on a silver platter.   Nauta was promoted to   senior chief petty officer   in September 2020.

When Trump's term of office ended in January 2021, Nauta accompanied him to   Mar-a-Lago , where he worked as Trump's   butler   and   body man .  

Nauta was accused of sexual harassment and   revenge porn   by several women in spring 2021, which led to him being reassigned and his security credentials being docked. This was several weeks before he left the Navy and became a personal employee of Trump.

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JohnRussell
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4  seeder  JohnRussell    2 weeks ago

Trump put his butler on a military board. 

 
 
 
Tacos!
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5  Tacos!    2 weeks ago

More criminals getting jobs in the Trump administration? At least we know what the two primary qualifications are. Criminal record, and suck Trump’s dick.

 
 
 
Greg Jones
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6  Greg Jones    2 weeks ago

Love the leftist outrage!

 
 
 
Gsquared
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6.1  Gsquared  replied to  Greg Jones @6    2 weeks ago

Reactionaries, America-haters and neo-Fascists must be thrilled.

 
 
 
Sparty On
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6.1.1  Sparty On  replied to  Gsquared @6.1    2 weeks ago

That comment is outrageous, egregious and superfolous so stop calling out liberals

 
 
 
Gsquared
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7  Gsquared    2 weeks ago

Contemptible and disgusting.  

 
 

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