by Sophie Mann at Daily Mail
- The White House has hired a number of staffers and is expected to hire more in anticipation of Republican-led probes into a number of issues
- Defending the infamous first son, who has been deemed a ‘national security threat’ by members of Congress, will be a primary part of the new staffers’ jobs
- Republicans are gearing up to launch a number of probes into issues ranging from Hunter Biden to the origins of COVID-19 to the botched Afghanistan exit
The Biden White House is staffing up to defend the president and his administration against the potential coming onslaught of Republican-led probes focused on first-son Hunter Biden.
In anticipation of a GOP victory in the House in November, the White House has so far agreed to part ways with $265,000 of taxpayer dollars for salaries of staffers who will primarily fend off the coming attacks.
And that number is expected to grow.
In May, Richard Sauber, the Department of Veterans Affairs top attorney, agreed to join the White House as ‘deputy counsel to the president’ and take on the role of handling probes from Congress.
Ian Sams, who once worked for the disastrous presidential campaign of Vice President Kamala Harris, and more recently for the Department of Health and Human Services, was also hired in May to officially run communications for the team of White House protectors.
Sauber will take home a salary of $155,000 annually, and Sams…
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