John McEntee, President Donald Trump’s personal assistant, was fired from his job earlier this week because his frequent gambling posed a security risk, according to a Washington Post report late Thursday. McEntee was escorted out of the White House on Tuesday after being terminated, but the White House did not give a reason why. The Post reported a background check revealed he gambled tens of thousands of dollars at a time, and while that may have been legal, it opened him up to a potential vulnerability that could have been exploited. After his ouster Tuesday, Trump’s re-election committee said McEntee would join its staff as a senior adviser.
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