Trump personal assistant John McEntee fired, joins campaign

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John McEntee, special assistant and personal aide follows US President Donald Trump to Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base September 27, 2017 in Maryland.

President Donald Trump’s personal assistant, John McEntee, was fired Monday for unspecified security reasons and was removed from the White House, according to a Tuesday report from The Wall Street Journal.

He has now joined Trump’s re-election campaign as a senior advisor. Trump 2016 campaign spokeswoman Katrina Pierson is also joining the 2020 re-election campaign as a senior advisor.

“Katrina and John will play pivotal roles on our campaign once again as we develop a winning strategy through 2020 to Keep America Great,” said Michael Glassner, the campaign’s chief operating officer. “They will also contribute tremendously to our national engagement in the mid-term elections this year. We’re delighted to have them back on the team.”

McEntee, who served on Trump’s winning presidential campaign beginning in 2015, joined the Trump administration after the election. He was escorted off the White House grounds on Monday over an “unspecified security issue,” the Journal reported, citing sources.

A CNN reporter later tweeted, citing a source familiar with the matter, that McEntee was terminated because the Department of Homeland Security is investigating him for “serious financial crimes” that are not related to Trump.

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The news of McEntee’s firing came just minutes after reports that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson had been booted after more than a year as the top U.S. diplomat.