Grisham will be replaced as press secretary by Kayleigh McEnany, the national press secretary for Trump’s 2020 campaign. Alyssa Farah, deputy assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Media Affairs and former press secretary for Vice President Mike Pence, will be the White House’s director of strategic communications. Farah also served as the communications director for the conservative House Freedom Caucus under Meadows, the caucus’s former chairman.
Filling out the reshuffled White House communications team will be Ben Williamson, Meadows’ former chief of staff and communications director, who will be Trump’s senior communications adviser.
With Hope Hicks in the White House, there will be less pressure on the trio of newcomers, said one Republican close to the White House — since, among her many other duties, Hicks still directly advises the president on much of his communications and media strategy.
These staffing changes to the press and communications office come as Meadows begins to settle into his new role in the West Wing and starts to make his mark on White House personnel.
Questions were raised about Grisham’s status after Hope Hicks — the president’s former communications director — rejoined the White House to work with Jared Kushner. White House officials had grown frustrated with the job of the communications team, especially during coronavirus, and press responsibilities were handed over to the vice president’s office instead. Grisham did not appear at any of the president’s coronavirus task force briefings, and was not involved in the president’s Oval Office address on the pandemic.
Grisham is one of the longest serving members of the Trump White House. She started as a campaign aide in 2015, then joined former press secretary Sean Spicer’s team before moving to the East Wing as communications director and deputy chief of staff for the first lady. Fiercely loyal to Melania, Grisham was known to tangle with the press with her fiery statements.
The first lady’s former chief of staff, Reynolds, resigned earlier this week to spend more time with her family, according to the White House.
“I continue to be honored to serve both the President and First Lady in the Administration,” stated Grisham. “ My replacements will be announced in the coming days and I will stay in the West Wing to help with a smooth transition for as long as needed.”
Source: politico.com
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