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As the head of the General Services Administration during the Trump administration, Emily Murphy took steps to further his business interests and false claims of election fraud.
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One of former President Donald Trump’s loyal bureaucrats landed a new job as an executive coach, positioning her to share her leadership approach with C-suite officers and entrepreneurs worldwide.
Emily Murphy, former head of the General Services Administration under Trump, joined leadership consultancy CEO Coaching International as a partner and coach, according to a press release issued last week. The company claims it works in 40 countries and 50 industries. Founding partner Mark Moses praised Murphy’s “extraordinary experience” and “impressive background and expertise.”
That experience includes helping enable Trump’s Big Lie by refusing to authorize the Biden transition team and denying it access to government resources until three weeks after the election was called.
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GSA also oversees the lease to the Trump International Hotel Washington, D.C., which has a revenue-sharing clause with taxpayers. In this role, Murphy, repeatedly refused to provide unredacted financial information to a House committee with oversight—even defying a House subpoena. One of her subordinates also testified that under Murphy, GSA hadn’t independently audited the hotel’s financial statements, meaning the government was just taking the Trump Organization at its word.
Murphy also has joined the advisory board for SkillStorm, which trains and staffs tech workers for commercial and federal organization.
Through a spokesperson, Murphy declined to comment to Forbes.
I took an unusual route to get here. In a past life, I worked as a travel and food writer, which is how I got the assignment in 2016 to cover the grand opening of the
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I took an unusual route to get here. In a past life, I worked as a travel and food writer, which is how I got the assignment in 2016 to cover the grand opening of the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C., just a couple miles from my home. When Trump won the election and refused to divest his business, I stayed on the story, starting a newsletter called 1100 Pennsylvania (named after the hotel’s address) and contributed to Vanity Fair, Politico and NBC News. I’m still interested in Trump, but I’ve broadened my focus to follow the money connected to other politicians as well—both Republicans and Democrats.