The White House's frantic search for the "high ranking
Administration" official who authored a blistering anonymous attack on
President Donald Trump published in the New York Times has apparently eliminated
White House aides and Secretarial appointments and descended on Lloyd Hawkins, known as "Hawk" to his colleagues, a GS-05 mailroom technician at the Department of Labor. Hawkins expressed surprise at being stopped
in the hallway by Secret Service agents to answer questions about the damning
editorial. Hawkins denied being the
author of the editorial. "Heck, to
write that I'd have to use one of those stupid machines," pointing at a
nearby computer. "They gave up
trying to train me on those things, so the guys here just write everything out
for me." A colleague nodded wearily
in confirmation. Asked if he considered
himself to be "high ranking," Hawkins pointed with pride at his
20-year pin. "Yes sir, just 10 more
years until I'm out of here." Hawkins claims not to bear any hostility to President Trump or the administration, "To tell you the truth, I thought that Obama fella was still
president. I guess I should read the
paper more."
