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Some background on these Trump Org execs that have been coming up:
Calamari has been one of Trump's most loyal aides. He first got Trump’s attention while working security at the 1981 U.S. Open, where he ejected hecklers seated near Trump. Trump first hired him as a bodyguard.
Calamari has been one of Trump's most loyal aides. He first got Trump’s attention while working security at the 1981 U.S. Open, where he ejected hecklers seated near Trump. Trump first hired him as a bodyguard.
According to a 1993 biography of Trump, Calamari repeatedly responded “Yes, sir” when Trump asked him,“Would you kill for me, Matty?”
Allen Weisselberg, who has come up a lot today, used to work for Trump’s father Fred Trump. He’s held several different positions, including serving as VP of Trump’s Atlantic City casino, board member of the Miss Universe pageant, and treasurer of the Trump Foundation.
Also, this 2016 WSJ profile on Weisselberg includes this quote on the Trump-Weisselberg relationship: “If Donald had a cold, he [Allen] would sneeze.” blogs.wsj.com/cfo/2016/11/05…
Rhona Graff, Trump's longtime assistant, has also come up. She was known widely as Trump’s “gatekeeper.” Here's a 2017 Politico profile on Graff politico.com/story/2017/03/…
Lynne Patton, a longtime Trump family associate who now has an admin job, was invited to the hearing by Rep. Mark Meadows. She previously served as vice president for the Eric Trump Foundation and also helped plan his wedding.
Meadows brought her today to push back on Cohen's testimony calling Trump a racist. In 2016, she talked about her experience as a black, female executive at Trump Org during the campaign and showed a video at the RNC in Cleveland to also push back on racism and sexism charges.
