As if President Biden didn’t have enough problems, Politico reports this morning that Biden’s advance team, the team tasked with handling the details of his travel, is full of unhappy people. The situation became enough of a problem that an investigation was launched last year to look into claims of harassment.
The culture within the office has gotten so bad that the White House Counsel’s Office opened an investigation, according to three people who were contacted last fall by the office for interviews. Specifically, they said, investigators looked into complaints of verbal harassment by Ian Mellul, the former associate director of presidential advance. Mellul resigned March 1 after a monthslong investigation, according to multiple people familiar with the situation. Brie Moore, the former director of press advance, also resigned within the past few weeks following complaints…
