LOBBYING/POLITICS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “She’s a strategic adviser in President Donald Trump’s West Wing. He’s a lobbyist who moonlights as the head of the American Conservative Union, which hosts the annual Conservative Political Action Conference — a key gathering for Trump supporters. Meet Mercedes and Matt Schlapp, a power couple tailor-made for Trump’s Washington. … Now, Mercedes Schlapp — known as Mercy — is among the leading candidates to become communications director after the resignation last week of Hope Hicks. The move, said to be favored by White House chief of staff John Kelly, would further solidify the image of Schlapp and her husband as critical power players in Washington.”
– Matthew Nussbaum, “Trump’s new power couple,” Politico, Mar. 11, 2018 6:56am