“Business as usual,” indeed. Jonathan Dach is the young White House aide at the center of the latest Washington Post exclusive, which details the Obama administration’s two-year-old efforts to cover up Dach’s alleged involvement in the Cartagena/Secret Service hooker scandal.
As Twitchy reported, Dach was assigned a policy adviser job at the State Department handling…“women’s issues.”
How’d he swing that gig? Look no further than his family ties. Dach’s father is Leslie Dach. Here are seven fun, fast facts about Dach the Elder.
1. He was EVP of corporate affairs and government relations at Wal-Mart — you know, the corporate donor the Obamas love to hate and hate to love.
Couldn't b more honored & proud 2 have spent time w amazing leader. Leslie Dach, WMT EVP, On Business And Social Good http://t.co/J6tdPd8gHo
— la sutherland, phd (@lasutherlandphd) March 21, 2013
Brilliant! RT @Walmart: Walmart EVP Leslie Dach explains how #sustainability helps customer and business. http://walmarturl.com/eGa7iS
— Tommi Laitio (@tommilaitio) April 6, 2011
2. He gave big bucks to the Obama campaign.
https://twitter.com/bfinstock/status/520056882825003008
https://twitter.com/joelengel/status/520043968977858561
3. He, too, crusaded for “women’s issues.”
In 2011, Leslie Dach announced Wal-Mart's new Global Women's Economic Empowerment Initiative. http://t.co/0UBmPbvG5X
— Erica L (@bothsidesnow411) October 9, 2014
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4. Dach the Elder appeared on The Colbert Report in 2011 to tout Walmart’s collaboration with First Lady Michelle Obama on “Let’s Move” and related nutritional issues. He continued to promote Mrs. Obama’s initiatives through 2013.
Walmart's Dach appears on Colbert; discusses nutritional collaboration w/Michelle Obama, desire to open in NYC…. http://fb.me/DmRPpudo
— HFN (@HFNdigital) February 3, 2011
@gmcquade Wal-Mart Collaborates With Obama Administration – Leslie Dach http://t.co/c4J0A49
— George McQuade III (@gmcquadee) August 28, 2011
https://twitter.com/KatzOnEarth/status/520044155884814336
https://twitter.com/WalmartHealthy/status/307263689801756672
5. He was a advance man for Teddy Kennedy, another renowned Democratic expert on women’s issues.
Jonathan Dach’s father, Leslie, worked for Ted Kennedy as an advance man himself. We seem to have a piece by him http://t.co/ZAIByB0jfr
— Martha Mercer (@marthmerc) October 9, 2014
6. He was a roommate of conservative author Christopher Buckley’s at Yale, which son Jonathan also attended.
(Leslie Dach was Christopher Buckley's roommate at Yale.)
— Blake News (@blakehounshell) October 9, 2014
"Buckley devoted a chapter to the exploits of a fictional White House advance man named Leslie R. Dach" http://t.co/U328LbD24T
— Blake News (@blakehounshell) October 9, 2014
https://twitter.com/KatzOnEarth/status/520043751902052352
7. In July, Daddy Dach, the corporate crony and top Dem donor, snagged a position helping to implement…Obamacare.
Former @Walmart communications leader Leslie Dach @lesliedach joins @HHSGov as senior counselor http://t.co/UbHi7YCe0A
— @PRWeekUS (@PRWeekUS) July 24, 2014
Fantastic fit: Secretary Burwell names former Walmart executive Leslie Dach to Senior Counselor position at HHS http://t.co/lK6Eh0pMNG
— Margalit Gur-Arie (@margalitgurarie) July 23, 2014
Jonathan Dach: ' policy adviser in the Office on Global Women’s Issues at the State Department.' Leslie Dach: 'handling next phase of ACA'
— The 405 Media™️ (@The405radio) October 9, 2014
Bonus: Dach authored an article advising corporations to stop spinning and start behaving better. How about presidential administrations?
Column by former Wal-Mart EVP @lesliedach in @HarvardBiz – "Don’t Spin a Better Story. Be a Better Company" http://t.co/qp2iJFOQ1L
— Renee Dudley (@Renee_Dudley) September 12, 2013
https://twitter.com/lesliedach/status/380322963637035008
Hey, good advice! Ping White House flacks Josh Earnest and Eric Schultz on that, wouldja?
We started by encouraging the organization to get out of its defensive crouch and listen to its critics. –@LeslieDach http://t.co/BFpXlggjN6
— Walmart Inc. (@WalmartInc) September 19, 2013
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