More Trump appointments: Scavino, Blair, Budowich, McGinley, Witkoff

Trump announced Wednesday former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Dan Scavino will return to his role, and also serve as an assistant to the president. Scavino, who worked as a senior adviser for Trump’s most recent campaign and is a longtime Trump communications staffer.

Trump appointed his campaign political director James Blair to the position of Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff for Legislative, Political and Public Affairs. Blair spearheaded Trump’s grassroots voter outreach efforts and made frequent media appearances during his most recent campaign.

Taylor Budowich, who played a significant role not just in the campaign but also in Trump’s Leadership PAC, Save America, as well as serving as  CEO of the pro-Trump Super PAC, MAGA Inc., will be Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications and Personnel.

Trump picked former White House cabinet secretary and top GOP lawyer William McGinley as his White House Counsel. McGinley was brought into Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and tasked with helping it secure delegates for the Republican National Convention. He worked as Trump’s White House cabinet secretary from 2017 to 2019 and was in charge of advising other cabinet members on policy coordination, optics and ethics, according to Politico.

President-elect Trump has appointed a longtime ally, New York businessman Steven Witkoff, as his Special Envoy to the Middle East.

Witkoff is a real estate investor, landlord, and the founder of the Witkoff Group, which he started in 1977.

In his announcement, Trump said that Witkoff would be an “unrelenting Voice for PEACE” in the highly-contentious region.

“Steve is a Highly Respected Leader in Business and Philanthropy, who has made every project and community he has been involved with stronger and more prosperous,” the announcement on Tuesday evening said. “Steve will be an unrelenting Voice for PEACE, and make us all proud.”

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