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Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Jan. 17, 2023 "I'll never get a job anywhere else," Ashley Bianco once lamented to Megyn Kelly in an interview. But the former network-television producer has since landed on her feet, now working as a key member of Rep. Ryan Zinke's (R-Mont.) team. Bianco, now Zinke's scheduler, found herself entrenched in controversy in 2019. ABC had accused the former Good Morning America producer of leaking a hot-mic tape to Project Veritas. The tape featured an ABC anchor saying that the network had years before killed her story about the Jeffrey Epstein scandal. Bianco was subsequently fired from CBS, where she had just begun a new producing job. Bianco has maintained her innocence, telling Megyn Kelly through tears that she had "never" leaked the video and had merely accessed the tape as a part of her regular production responsibilities. Some people and organizations who "caught our eye" last week:- Dan Meyer, Chief of Staff, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) (former staffer) – So-So
China ties - Rich Trumka, Democratic Staff Director/General Counsel, House Oversight and Reform Committee's Economic and Consumer Policy Subcommittee (former staffer) – Bravo!
Cooking with gas
- Naysa Woomer, Communications Director, Rep. George Santos (R-NY) (current staffer); Charley Lovett, Chief of Staff, Rep. George Santos (R-NY) (current staffer); and Rafaello Carone, Legislative Assistant, Rep. George Santos (R-NY) (current staffer) – Bravo!
They're real - Kathy Chung, Scheduling Director, Sen. Mark Udall (D-CO) (former staffer) – So-So
Questioned
Hill Hires - Brien Courchene, Rep. Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Scheduler
- Alex Ball, Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ), Chief of Staff
- Wayne Jones, Senate Republican Policy Committee, National Security Policy Analyst
- Austin Dean, Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Digital Director
- Todd Ringler, Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Senior Policy Adviser
- Chelsea Brossard, Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Chief of Staff
- Courtney O'Hara Taylor, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Staff Director
Hill Departures - Phil Letsou, formerly Communications Director to Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO)
(now Deputy Communications Director at the National Republican Senatorial Committee)
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Top hashtags of the week
- #mlkday – (174 mentions)
- #mlk – (40 mentions)
- #koreanamericanday – (31 mentions)
- #goldenglobes – (30 mentions)
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