Top Dem on committee fires back after White House counsel warns against overreach amid investigation threats
But Garcia — who is poised to chair the committee next year when Democrats gain the House majority — fired back, asserting that President Donald Trump's administration is weaponizing the government.
Key points
- May Mailman, who left her post as Trump policy adviser in 2026 to launch her own lobbying firm, will join the White House on a temporary basis as a special government employee, Axios first reported and Semafor confirmed.
- Still, the revolving door between the White House and lobbying work raises questions around how much Mailman stands to benefit personally from her new role and about the level of influence that corporations have held over this White House.
- Mailman informed clients of her new role within recent days, and has instructed her firm — which she has taken a leave of absence from — to not engage with the White House while she is serving there for the next few weeks, some of the people said.
TRUMP ORDERS DOJ PROBE INTO DEMOCRATS OVER ALLEGED THREATS AGAINST ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS The White House did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment on Wednesday.
Counsel to the president William Scharf, in a letter to House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform ranking member Rep.
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- The News A conservative firebrand who helped craft the Trump administration’s campaign against Ivy League universities has returned to the White House to help chief of staff Stephen Miller build his team, a move that will test the administration’s efforts to contain the influence of lobbyists within the White House.
- That perception has only been fueled by the list of Trump-connected lobbyists who have gone in and out of the White House, perhaps the only bipartisan move left in DC.
- In recent months, Mailman had built a healthy stable of corporate clients with active matters before the Trump administration, including Vestis, a uniform supplier which has pushed the FTC to block a rival’s acquisition, people familiar with the matter said.
- She decided to return to the administration in recent days after Miller was named chief of staff, with Miller asking her to help him staff up his team and find ways to optimize relationships between government entities.
- Mailman ruled out a policy role when discussing her return to public service, though, in part over concerns that it would fuel a perception of impropriety, one person with knowledge of her thinking said.
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