Healy Baumgardner

Healy Baumgardner (born October 10, 1979) is an American political advisor, including to Donald Trump in his 2016 Presidential campaign.[1][2][3][4]


Healy Baumgardner
Born
Healy Ernst Baumgardner

October 10, 1979
Glen Dale, West Virginia (Marshall County)
NationalityAmerican
OccupationPolitical advisor

Early life and career

Born in Glen Dale, West Virginia (Marshall County), Healy E. Baumgardner grew up deeply entrenched at the intersection of republican politics and the private sector through her father, the late Mayor Robert E. Baumgardner and his trusted confidante and political ally, the late Governor Arche Moore;[5] convicted in 1990 on widespread corruption charges, including accepting $100,000 in illegal contributions and extorting $573,000 from a coal executive in return for help get him $2.3 million in reimbursement from the state's black lung compensation program. Moore, who was father of current U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, had his law license revoked and served three years in prison before his release in 1993.

Career

Baumgardner has advised four White House campaigns. In this role, Baumgardner served as a senior communications adviser and spokesperson, becoming one of the most public and ridiculed campaign surrogates on national cable television.[6][7][8][9][10][11]

Prior to her involvement with Trump, she served as deputy communications director for Rudy Giuliani's 2008 presidential campaign. Although Giuliani initially led the national polls, he dropped out after the Florida primary. She also served as a senior White House press official and spokesperson for energy in the President George W. Bush administration.[12] She had to manage staffs exceeding 200 individuals, composed of U.S. Embassies, the U.S. Department of State and White House personnel, among others. Baumgardner is one few political operatives that served in both the 9-11 White House and for the 9-11 Mayor.[13][14][15]

Baumgardner has appeared on numerous media on behalf of The White House, U.S. Department of Energy, presidential candidates, heads of state, public figures, clients, crisis and issue campaigns, among others.[16][17][18]

Like many former Trump campaign staffers, Baumgardner capitalized on her connections by forming the “45 Group” and collecting $250,000.00 as a lobbyist for the government of Malaysia.[19]

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References
  1. "Oil companies forced to draw from Strategic Petroleum Reserve after Ike". Land Line Magazine.
  2. "White House says OPEC production cut". 24 October 2008 – via Reuters.
  3. "BLOG RECAP: Donald Trump Pensacola Rally".
  4. Trump criticizes Germany over Russian energy use | On Air Videos | Fox Business
  5. Bernstein, Adam (8 January 2015). "Arch Moore Jr., charismatic W.Va. governor convicted of corruption, dies at 91" – via www.washingtonpost.com.
  6. "Trump spokesperson on planned NRA meeting". Fox Business. 17 June 2016.
  7. "Trump spokesperson on polls". Fox Business. 1 July 2016.
  8. "Trump camp: We will make up ground in battleground states". Fox News. 14 July 2016.
  9. "Trump taking steps backward with judge controversy?". Fox News. 9 June 2016.
  10. "Trump Spox: RNC Convention Speaker List 'Representative of the True Fabric of America'".
  11. "Fox and Friends Sunday : FOXNEWSW : July 17, 2016 3:00am-7:01am PDT". 17 July 2016 – via Internet Archive.
  12. "U.S. withdrawal from energy transparency group called strategic".
  13. "Trump press rep: Candidate treated..."
  14. "Trump Spox: Media Is Wrong; Lewandowski Remains the Campaign Manager'".
  15. Jashinsky, Emily. "Trump campaign aide lobbying for Malaysian government through firm called 'The 45 Group'".
  16. Adams, Becket. "CNN host shuts down talk of Clinton sex scandals".
  17. "Trump's senior press representative speaks to CNN - CNN Video".
  18. Craig Patrick's Money, Power & Politics (24 August 2016). "One-on-one with Trump spokeswoman Healy Baumgardner" – via YouTube.
  19. Balcerzak, Ashley. "Add another to the list of former Trump campaign staffers lobbying for foreign clients". opensecrets.org. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
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