Lame Duck Donald Fires Pentagon Advisory Board Members, Installs Loyalists

Another attack on non-partisan competence. The Pentagon's Defense Business Board is made up of leaders from government, the private sector and academia. For example, the Dean of the top-ranked school of public policy in the country.

The White House removed nine members of the Pentagon's Defense Business Board on Friday [December 4, 2020] and installed people loyal to Trump in their place, including presidential allies Corey Lewandowski and David Bossie.

The board firings come less than a month after Trump pushed out Defense Secretary Mark Esper, followed by the resignations of the Defense secretary's chief of staff and top officials overseeing intelligence and policy.

The firings marked the latest effort by the Trump administration to clean out the Defense Department in the final weeks of the president's term.

 Speaking of unprecedented, that’s the amount of firing Biden will need to do to remove the Trump loyalists being installed as the clock runs down on this unlawful administration.

The firings came as a shock to the board members, who had not received any negative feedback or warning prior to their termination. One former board member lamented the move, noting that the board “has never been political, ever.”

The Defense Business Board is made up of more than a dozen industry and academic leaders who volunteer to provide independent business advice to Pentagon leadership and are appointed by top Pentagon leaders.

The board has completed reviews of defense agencies and field activities, along with a study of using data analytics in the private sector and how it applies to DoD.

Source: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/04/pentagon-fires-business-advisory-board-members-442892