A report from the Daily Wire on Thursday proved President Donald Trump’s administration must be vigilant if it hopes to purge woke political operatives from the government.
The Daily Wire exposed a scheme to hide a political operative in the Department of Labor after the election in a contracted three-year position to the tune of a whopping $153,354 annual salary.
Elizabeth Peña served in President Joe Biden’s White House Presidential Personnel Office, working on his transition team previously. She also worked on former Vice President Kamala Harris’ transition team.
According to the Daily Wire, there are explicit rules against actions where political appointees convert to career positions after their president leaves office.
The Office of Personnel Management must approve, and Congress must be informed of the decision.
The Biden administration tried to argue this process did not apply to Peña given her position was contracted.
A source with knowledge of the issue gave the Daily Wire the following statement on the decision:
“Elizabeth Peña was terminated, effective today. The Administration is actively working to ensure no other political operatives from the Biden-Harris administration were secretly burrowed into the government.”
Peña posted to LinkedIn on Jan. 15 — prior to