David Clarke

Clarke Quits In Advance of Taking Job with Trump

August 31, 2017 at 6:56 pm ET By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

David Clarke, the controversial outgoing sheriff of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, is expected to take a job in the Trump administration, Politico reports.

“Clarke resigned as sheriff on Thursday. A regular presence on Fox News, Clarke has become a well-known figure in conservative circles in recent years… But he has come under fierce criticism amid a series of deaths in the Milwaukee County prison, including that of Terrill Thomas, who died of dehydration last year after guards turned off the water in his cell.”

Controversial Sheriff Won’t Take Job with Trump After All

June 17, 2017 at 11:03 pm ET By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Controversial Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke has withdrawn his acceptance of a job as an assistant secretary for the US Department of Homeland Security,” a representative for the sheriff told BuzzFeed News.

“However, neither the White House nor the Department of Homeland Security has ever publicly confirmed Clarke was offered the job.”

Sheriff David Clarke Plagiarized His Master’s Thesis

May 20, 2017 at 7:45 pm ET By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Controversial Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke, who this week announced he will be joining Donald Trump’s administration as assistant secretary in the Department of Homeland Security, plagiarized sections of his 2013 master’s thesis on US security,” a CNN KFile review has found.

Taegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.

Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.

Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.

Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.

Goddard is the owner of Goddard Media LLC.

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