Spouse of previous Trump family helper scores government work
The home temporary worker from New Jersey is presently filling in as an authority in the Natural Security Office's New York local office. A home change temporary worker wedded to one of Donald and Melania Trump's previous family unit staff members is currently functioning as an authority at the Natural Insurance Organization, the most recent case of somebody with an individual association with the Trump family looking for some kind of employment in the organization.
New Jersey-based Steve Kopec joined EPA's Area 2 office in New York as an extraordinary right hand on Dec. 18, as per a notice got by POLITICO. "Steve comes to us from private industry, where he molded his profession around client benefit and authoritative efficiencies," EPA District 2 Executive Pete Lopez wrote in the update. "Steve is an accomplished director with aptitudes in group building, administration and association."
As indicated by open records, Kopec beforehand maintained a contracting business from his home in Haskell, New Jersey, called Steve's Apparatuses in Movement. Kopec's significant other, Dagmara, beforehand worked for the Trump family in New York, as per a man acquainted with her circumstance.
Photos posted on Facebook as of late demonstrate the Kopecs going by the White House and blending with senior organization authorities.
Trump, who named his little girl Ivanka and child in-law Jared Kushner to senior White House parts, has made a propensity for delegating individuals with close connections to his family or organizations as opposed to experienced policymakers or political hands. His White House web-based social networking chief, Dan Scavino, began working for him years back as a caddy, and his first security executive, Keith Schiller, went with him from the Trump Association to the White House. In June, Trump delegated Lynne Patton, a gathering organizer who masterminded occasions at Trump fairways and also Eric Trump's 2014 wedding, to head the New York office of the U.S. Branch of Lodging and Urban Improvement.
Scott Amey, the Undertaking on Government Oversight's general guidance, said there has been an example of "faulty contracting" crosswise over both Republican and Law based organizations for a considerable length of time, taking note of that presidents' companions and colleagues frequently get tapped for ambassadorships and other best occupation.
Yet, procuring individuals at government offices with minimal applicable experience can blowback, he said.
"In the event that you place companions in high places and they don't have the best possible capabilities it can have appalling outcomes for the organization and for citizens," Amey said. "We trust that open administration positions are loaded with individuals that are fit the bill to best serve the general population intrigue."
Steve Kopec did not answer numerous calls to his office line and didn't react to different solicitations for input by means of email. Dagmara Kopec did not react to numerous messages. Lopez, the EPA Locale 2 chairman, additionally did not react to inquiries concerning the conditions of Steve Kopec's enlisting.
The White House declined to offer an on-the-record reaction to inquiries regarding Kopec's enlisting. "We acknowledge Mr. Kopec's administration," a White House official said. It's vague who settled on the choice to procure Kopec, or whether EPA Executive Scott Pruitt was included. Pruitt, the previous Oklahoma state lawyer general, has developed near Trump as of late and is peering toward different occupations in the organization.
"Mr. Kopec is a persevering, committed worker and we value his administration, in supporting ecological insurance endeavors in New York, New Jersey, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico," EPA representative Liz Bowman said in an announcement.
An EPA official included that Kopec "performs authoritative and bolster administrations" for the office's Locale 2 executive. The authority said he isn't composing strategy for the office and does not serve in a specialized or logical part.
Kopec, as indicated by the authority, talks four dialects and voyages different hours daily to the EPA office in New York from his home in New Jersey.
Other organization authorities focused on that Kopec does not hold a senior position at the office, with one authority saying he makes $66,215 a year.
Both Dagmara and Steve Kopec are initially from Poland. Steve regularly passes by his Clean name, Slawomir. The Kopecs seem to have made rehashed visits to the White House as of late.
One photograph posted in September 2017 shows Dagmara Kopec posturing on the South Garden of the White House with interchanges chief Expectation Hicks, advocate Kellyanne Conway and press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders.
Photographs from January — incorporating one with Steve Kopec, Melania Trump and the president — have all the earmarks of being from a White House Christmas party.
Another photograph posted by Kopec in September demonstrates a plate of sustenance with the inscription, "My first supper at the White House."
He likewise posted a photograph of himself sitting in a yellow seat in what gave off an impression of being the White House Conciliatory Banquet hall. The photo inscription understands: "I sit tight for my visitor." It wasn't clear whom he implied.
New Jersey-based Steve Kopec joined EPA's Area 2 office in New York as an extraordinary right hand on Dec. 18, as per a notice got by POLITICO. "Steve comes to us from private industry, where he molded his profession around client benefit and authoritative efficiencies," EPA District 2 Executive Pete Lopez wrote in the update. "Steve is an accomplished director with aptitudes in group building, administration and association."
As indicated by open records, Kopec beforehand maintained a contracting business from his home in Haskell, New Jersey, called Steve's Apparatuses in Movement. Kopec's significant other, Dagmara, beforehand worked for the Trump family in New York, as per a man acquainted with her circumstance.
Photos posted on Facebook as of late demonstrate the Kopecs going by the White House and blending with senior organization authorities.
Trump, who named his little girl Ivanka and child in-law Jared Kushner to senior White House parts, has made a propensity for delegating individuals with close connections to his family or organizations as opposed to experienced policymakers or political hands. His White House web-based social networking chief, Dan Scavino, began working for him years back as a caddy, and his first security executive, Keith Schiller, went with him from the Trump Association to the White House. In June, Trump delegated Lynne Patton, a gathering organizer who masterminded occasions at Trump fairways and also Eric Trump's 2014 wedding, to head the New York office of the U.S. Branch of Lodging and Urban Improvement.
Scott Amey, the Undertaking on Government Oversight's general guidance, said there has been an example of "faulty contracting" crosswise over both Republican and Law based organizations for a considerable length of time, taking note of that presidents' companions and colleagues frequently get tapped for ambassadorships and other best occupation.
Yet, procuring individuals at government offices with minimal applicable experience can blowback, he said.
"In the event that you place companions in high places and they don't have the best possible capabilities it can have appalling outcomes for the organization and for citizens," Amey said. "We trust that open administration positions are loaded with individuals that are fit the bill to best serve the general population intrigue."
Steve Kopec did not answer numerous calls to his office line and didn't react to different solicitations for input by means of email. Dagmara Kopec did not react to numerous messages. Lopez, the EPA Locale 2 chairman, additionally did not react to inquiries concerning the conditions of Steve Kopec's enlisting.
The White House declined to offer an on-the-record reaction to inquiries regarding Kopec's enlisting. "We acknowledge Mr. Kopec's administration," a White House official said. It's vague who settled on the choice to procure Kopec, or whether EPA Executive Scott Pruitt was included. Pruitt, the previous Oklahoma state lawyer general, has developed near Trump as of late and is peering toward different occupations in the organization.
"Mr. Kopec is a persevering, committed worker and we value his administration, in supporting ecological insurance endeavors in New York, New Jersey, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico," EPA representative Liz Bowman said in an announcement.
An EPA official included that Kopec "performs authoritative and bolster administrations" for the office's Locale 2 executive. The authority said he isn't composing strategy for the office and does not serve in a specialized or logical part.
Kopec, as indicated by the authority, talks four dialects and voyages different hours daily to the EPA office in New York from his home in New Jersey.
Other organization authorities focused on that Kopec does not hold a senior position at the office, with one authority saying he makes $66,215 a year.
Both Dagmara and Steve Kopec are initially from Poland. Steve regularly passes by his Clean name, Slawomir. The Kopecs seem to have made rehashed visits to the White House as of late.
One photograph posted in September 2017 shows Dagmara Kopec posturing on the South Garden of the White House with interchanges chief Expectation Hicks, advocate Kellyanne Conway and press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders.
Photographs from January — incorporating one with Steve Kopec, Melania Trump and the president — have all the earmarks of being from a White House Christmas party.
Another photograph posted by Kopec in September demonstrates a plate of sustenance with the inscription, "My first supper at the White House."
He likewise posted a photograph of himself sitting in a yellow seat in what gave off an impression of being the White House Conciliatory Banquet hall. The photo inscription understands: "I sit tight for my visitor." It wasn't clear whom he implied.
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