Financier and fundraiser expected to become Trump adviser
NEW YORK — A prominent New York financier is set to be named a top White House adviser to President-elect Donald Trump, tasked with co-ordinating the administration’s outreach to the nation’s financial world and key members of the political community.
Anthony Scaramucci, a colorful surrogate for Trump and a top fundraiser during the campaign, will be appointed within the week, according to two people with knowledge of the decision who were not authorized to discuss that matter publicly. His exact title has not been settled, the people said Thursday, but he may move into the Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs, which is currently run by Valerie Jarrett, one of President Barack Obama’s most powerful allies.
Scaramucci may turn the role into something more akin to what it was under George W. Bush, when it was known as the Office of Public Liaison and Intergovernmental Affairs. Scaramucci has deep ties to Wall Street and will be one of the administration’s public faces to the banking and business worlds, but the hedge fund banker and frequent cable TV commentator will also conduct outreach to Silicon Valley and influential organizations in the non-profit world and politics.
He told reporters at Trump Tower on Friday that he would be working with “businesses large and small, government agencies large and small, to help them improve the quality of life for the American people.”