The former chairman of Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign, John Podesta, has joined The Washington Post as a contributing columnist, the paper announced on Thursday.
Podesta, who also served as chief of staff to President Bill Clinton and a counselor to President Barack Obama, has recently written two op-eds for the Post.
The first, published in December, was about the the FBI's investigation into Russian hacking of the Democratic National Committee. The second, published last week, was about President Donald Trump's penchant for dismissing all criticism of himself as "fake news."
The Post says Podesta's columns "will provide commentary and analysis on the intersection of politics and policy, the Trump administration and the future of the Democratic Party."
“No one knows more about how Washington works, how the White House operates, and how policy ideas are translated into reality than John Podesta,” said Editorial Page Editor Fred Hiatt in a statement. “His long experience in Congress, inside two Democratic White Houses and on the front lines of numerous presidential campaigns, will offer readers vital insight into Washington and politics at the start of a new era.”
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Dressage2 ago
He will be writing those columns on toilet paper from prison! Lock him up!
YingYangMom ago
He's a pedophile, he's not going to get time, he's going to get death. Remember the new law?
waxdino ago
Are you talking about the law in Utah that makes the death penalty an option for human traffickers convicted in Utah? People keep bringing that up and I don't think anyone actually read the info on it. If I'm wrong or there is another law, please correct.
YingYangMom ago
Yeah, I thought it was for all states. Apparently, not. Utah, Texas, South Carolina, Oklahoma, Florida, Montana and Louisiana all have death penalty for pedos. Don't know about the other states. But it doesn't really matter, because if Podesta's sent to jail, he'll be a dead man anyway.
waxdino ago
True.
I'm (not endorsing, but) predicting mob justice when soild evidence surfaces. Either in or out of jail.
YingYangMom ago
https://twitter.com/Suziechka/status/832264049513603074
bopper ago
Supposedly the guards purposely stood by and let the killing of Dahmer go down.
Jem777 ago
Heard that. Ask Tony Podesta he has a statue of Dahmer headless victim in "Arch of Hysteria" pose in his front room. Obama just moved into a mansion a few doors down. Maybe they can let us know in a Press Conference to clear the air?
bopper ago
Hah, wasn't even thinking of that piece of "art."
cakeoflightylight ago
Texas has a death penalty for pedos? What law is that? Please let me know. We have a sex offender registry but the only death penalty cases we have are for capital murder.
YingYangMom ago
I had heard of the Jessica's law and i checked wikipedia and it says this: https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Repeat_sex_offenders_to_face_capital_punishment_in_Texas
bopper ago
Trump's old tweet about death penalty for traffickers.
waxdino ago
That's not a law. That's a suggestion from when he was president-elect. No laws, yet, anyway.
cakeoflightylight ago
It was from 2012
waxdino ago
Oh, that's right. Thanks.
bopper ago
Yeah, just throwing it out there, correct. Hope springs eternal I guess.