Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who left her role as President Trump’s press secretary in June, is reportedly in talks with a firm started by former Clinton aides about working together.
Sanders, 37, would serve as an independent contractor to the global consulting firm Teneo, Politico reported Wednesday. She would advise the firm’s corporate clients on the Trump administration.
“They’ve got to walk into the room with someone who knows the White House,” a source familiar with the discussions said. “They need someone to explain how the Trump thing operates.”
Sanders moved to Little Rock after leaving the White House and has been considering a run for Arkansas governor in 2022. Fox News announced last week she would be a contributor for the network.
Her website, launched earlier this week, says she “advises major companies and non-profits.”
Teneo employs more than 800 people in more than a dozen offices around the world. It was founded in 2011 by Declan Kelly, who worked in the State Department under Hillary Clinton, Doug Band, a former aide to President Bill Clinton, and Paul Keary.
The Republican-led Senate Judiciary Committee began an investigation into the company in 2013 to determine whether it had inappropriate access at the State Department while Clinton was in charge.
Clinton’s longtime aide and confidant Huma Abedin briefly worked at Teneo while also employed at the State Department and the Clinton Foundation.
Sanders would not be the first Trump staffer to work with Teneo. Jason Miller, who worked on Trump’s campaign, was employed by the firm after the 2016 election. He recently left his position after he went on a profanity-laced tirade directed at Rep. Jerry Nadler of New York on Twitter.
