TRUMP PEOPLE: “Rick Dearborn, one of President Donald Trump’s top aides, will step down early next year to pursue private-sector work, White House officials said, becoming the latest high-profile departure from the West Wing in recent weeks…
A deputy chief of staff who oversaw the White House’s political operation, public outreach and legislative affairs, Mr. Dearborn will remain at the White House for the first month or two of next year, according to people familiar with the planning.
Mr. Dearborn’s decision comes after Dina Powell, the deputy national security adviser, informed Mr. Trump earlier this month about her plans to leave in the new year. The White House is bracing for a raft of departures as the president hits the one-year mark in office.
Mr. Dearborn has worked for Mr. Trump for more than two years. He helped set up the campaign’s Washington office and was executive director of the presidential transition team after the election…
Mr. Dearborn, who told friends he had planned to leave government service two years ago, views this week’s congressional passage of a sweeping tax plan as a finale for his White House service, he told others in the White House.”
-Michael C. Bender, “Trump Deputy Chief of Staff to Step Down,” The Wall Street Journal online, Dec. 21, 2017 09:51pm