Trump Appoints Additional Key White House Staff
James Braid, Matt Brasseaux, Alex Latcham are named to serve in the new White House.
President-elect Donald J. Trump has named more people who will serve in his White House.
President-elect Donald Trump has selected James Braid, a close ally of Vice President-elect JD Vance, as director of legislative affairs in his White House. He also chose Matt Brasseaux as director of the Office of Political Affairs and Alex Latcham as director of the Office of Public Liaison.
Braid served in the first Trump White House in the Office of Management and Budget, which was led by Mick Mulvaney and, at the end of Trump’s first term, by Russ Vought.
Braid has also worked for the Washington Free Beacon, Heritage Action for America, and various lawmakers, including Rep. Mark Sanford (R-S.C.), Rep. Ted Budd (R-N.C.), Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-Mont.), and Rep. Ken Buck (R-Co.).
More recently, he has served as legislative director and, since 2024, deputy chief of staff to Vance, a senator from Ohio.
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He is married to Melissa Brown Braid, another Trump White House and Budd veteran. She currently serves as communications director for the Senate’s Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
