Lynne Patton | |
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| Administrator of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development for Region II | |
| In office July 5, 2017 – January 2021 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
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| Born | Lynne Martine Patton 1973 (age 51–52) Alabama, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education | University of Miami (BA) Quinnipiac University |
Lynne Martine Patton (born 1973)[1] is an American event planner and former Trump administration political appointee.[2]
She was designated in June 2017 by President Donald Trump to head Region II of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), which oversees New York and New Jersey,[3] and remained in the role until Trump left office in January 2021.[4][2] She was twice found to have violated the Hatch Act, a federal law restricting the political activities of federal executive-branch employees, and in 2021 was fined and barred from government service for four years.[2]
Before she was appointed to HUD, Patton worked as an event planner for the Trump family, including planning the wedding of Eric Trump,[5] and helping to run the Eric Trump Foundation.[5][6] She was a speaker at the 2016 Republican National Convention.[7]
- ^ "Lynne Patton (1973- )". BlackPast.org. BlackPast. July 23, 2017.
- ^ a b c Jan, Tracy (April 6, 2021). "Trump HUD official disciplined for violating federal law". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 6, 2021.
- ^ Sherman, Jake; Palmer, Anna; Lippman, Daniel (June 16, 2017). "N.Y. DAILY NEWS: Trump's new NY HUD director planned Eric Trump's wedding, has no housing experience -- DEMS drub GOP at baseball game -- A RECORD 24,959 tickets sold -- PENCE hires McGuireWoods' Cullen -- B'DAY: Bres". Playbook. Politico. Archived from the original on June 16, 2017.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
penalizedwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b Scott, Dylan (June 16, 2017). "Report: Trump wants his son's wedding planner to oversee federal housing programs". Vox Media.
- ^ Noble, Jason (September 21, 2016). "Some donations to Trump Foundation count as Trump's money, aide says". Des Moines Register. p. A8.
Lynne Patton, a senior assistant to three of Trump's adult children and the vice president of son Eric Trump's charitable foundation, told The Des Moines Register that some donations to the Donald J. Trump Foundation should be recognized as contributions from Trump himself because in some cases that money would have been paid to Trump directly.
- ^ Lind, Dara (July 20, 2016). "Watch Trump supporter Lynne Patton explain to the RNC that racism still exists". Vox Media.
Lynne Patton, the vice president of the Eric Trump Foundation, wasn't the first person of color to speak at Donald Trump's Republican National Convention.