Jessica Ditto

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Jessica Ditto
White House Deputy Director of Communications for Implementation
Assumed office
January 20, 2017
President Donald Trump
Personal details
Political party Republican
Education Asbury University (Class of 2004)

Jessica Ditto is the current White House Deputy Director of Communications.[1][2] She was a member of Donald Trump's presidential campaign and transition teams.[3][4]

Career

Ditto worked for Republican governors of Kentucky Ernie Fletcher (in office 2003–2007)[5] and Matt Bevin[6] (2015–) and also the Republican Party of Kentucky.[5]

2016 Trump campaign

In September 2016, Ditto was reported to be resigning as Gov. Bevin's spokeswoman to become deputy communications director of the Trump campaign.[5]

In October 2016, while working on the Donald Trump campaign, Ditto and other Trump advisers were seen in a strip club the night before the campaign's third presidential debate.[7][8]

Also during October 2016, Ditto was a speaker for the campaign relative to the Donald Trump sexual misconduct allegations including Karena Virginia's allegation of unwanted physical contact[9][10] and Tasha Dixon's allegation of a pageant dressing room visit.[11]

Trump presidential transition

Following the November 8 general election, Ditto was a member of Donald Trump's presidential transition team. The transition team was a group of around 100 aides, policy experts, government affairs officials, and former government officials who were tasked with vetting, interviewing, and recommending individuals for top cabinet and staff roles in Trump's administration. She was part of the leadership staff.[12]

Trump administration

Ditto was named to her White House position in early January before the inauguration[13] and assumed it officially at the time of the inauguration.

In early April 2017, Ditto joined her boss Mike Dubke in a gathering of more than thirty staffers including also Kellyanne Conway to consider ways to "brand" the first 100 days of Donald Trump's presidency.[14]

In December 2018, Ditto was found to have violated the Hatch Act by the Office of the Special Counsel for using her official government social media account to engage in political activity.[15]

References

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  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Bevin spokeswoman leaving for Trump campaign" (partially conditional access), Associated Press via The Courier-Journal, September 19, 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-14.
  6. Dewan, Bryan, "Kentucky’s Governor Dramatically Cut Education Funding. Now He’s Getting Sued.", ThinkProgress, April 12, 2016. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
  7. Sherman, Jake, "Trump advisers went to strip club with members of media," Politico, October 23, 2016. Citing Emily Smith and Carlos Greer, "Trump advisers went to strip club with members of media", New York Post "Page Six", October 22, 2016. Retrieved April 23, 2017.
  8. Wade, Peter, "Where were Trump's advisors the night before the third debate? At the strip club," Esquire, October 23, 2016. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
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  10. Koloff, Abbott, and Matthew McGrath, "Woman says Trump groped her at 1998 U.S. Open", The (Bergen County, N.J.) Record via freep.com, October 20, 2016. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
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  14. Goldmacher, Shane, "White House on edge as 100-day judgment nears", Politico, April 10, 2017. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
  15. https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/30/six-white-house-officials-violated-the-hatch-act-with-political-tweets.html

External links

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