How the Spoils Were Doled Out to Trump Campaign Workers and Allies<br />For instance, Heather Nauert, a State Department spokeswoman, said in a statement<br />that Matthew Mowers, the former Trump campaign official who recently traveled to South Africa, provided a “fresh focus and renewed passion for helping women, children and men who are living with H. I.V./AIDS.”<br />Mr. Mowers, who had also worked on the presidential campaign of Chris Christie,<br />the former governor of New Jersey, is chief of staff in the Office of the U. S.<br />Global AIDS Coordinator.<br />But Secretary Wilbur L. Ross Jr. said in a statement<br />that the department sought the best candidates for positions, adding, “It is important that young people show interest and get involved in public service.”<br />At the State Department, political appointees include Taylor Bush, whose title is listed as special assistant.<br />In all, more than 2,475 political appointees have joined the federal government since President Trump took office, including at least 187 former lobbyists<br />and also 125 people with ties to conservative think tanks such as the Heritage Foundation and the American Enterprise Institute, the records show.<br />The three newly minted federal employees are among the nearly 260 or so former Trump campaign<br />and inauguration workers who have gotten jobs reserved for political appointees in the administration, according to public records compiled by ProPublica and analyzed by .<br />Mr. Trump arrived at the White House without a large contingent of well-known Washington names at the ready,<br />and some jobs have been filled with people new to government or lacking experience in the fields where they now work, according to a review of financial disclosures.
