President-elect Donald Trump said Monday that Mark Paoletta will be returning as general counsel for the Office of Management and Budget, a role he held with Trump's first administration.
Trump wrote in post on Truth Social that Paoletta will work closely with Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy, and the Department of Government Efficiency to "cut the size of our bloated Government bureaucracy and root out wasteful and anti-American spending."
"Mark is a brilliant and tenacious lawyer, who worked tirelessly to advance my Agenda in the First Term," Trump wrote. "As OMB GC in my First Administration, Mark led the charge to identify funding to build the Southern Border Wall, and worked with then-OMB Director Russ Vought to rein in woke and weaponized Government spending. Mark is a partner at the Law Firm, Schaerr Jaffe, and a Senior Fellow at the Center for Renewing America, where he has worked alongside Russ.
"Mark has served as a Chief Counsel for Oversight and Investigations in Congress for a decade and was a key lawyer in the White House Counsel's Office to confirm Justice Clarence Thomas to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1991. Mark is a conservative warrior who knows the 'ins and outs' of Government – He will help us, Make America Great Again!"
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