Two top White House officials, Shahira Knight and Johnny DeStefano, announced their long-anticipated departures from the West Wing on Tuesday
Knight joined the Trump White House in its early days as a top policy staffer for the National Economic Council, for which she played a key role in the passage of Republicans’ 2017 tax bill. Knight was promoted to be the deputy director of the council before taking on her current role as legislative affairs director, a post that was previously held by Marc Short, the current chief of staff to Vice President Mike Pence.
DeStefano served as an assistant to the president and oversaw a handful of key offices inside the White House including the Office of Presidential Personnel and Office of Public Liaison. He joined the administration immediately after the inauguration and was charged with hiring hundreds of political appointees to fill key agency jobs.Other White House comings and goings are being discussed.
Trump is expected to tap former Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli for a senior position at the Homeland Security Department, though his title is still under discussion.
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