The General Services Administration released secret records about post-presidency staffers. After Trump and Pence left office, the staffers earned taxpayer-funded paychecks. The GSA released some of the records this week after Insider sued them. In response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit by Insider, the General Services Administration has identified three more former White House aides who earned taxpayer-funded paychecks while working for former President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence in the months after they left office. The GSA said that the post-White House transition team members were Trump aides, Madison Porter and Hannah MacInnis. The GSA records show that Porter was the communications director for the former First Lady. MacInnis founded her own design consulting firm after working as the digital director for the vice president. The documents help shed light on how Trump staffed his transition office and directed funds in the six months after President Joe Biden's inauguration, when he faced his second impeachment trial and continued to deny he lost the 2020 presidential election. According to records previously obtained by Insider, the Trump and Pence transition offices spent federal funds on everything from stationery engraved with Trump's initials to printer toner and a plastic floor mat for use under the former president's desk chair. When the formal transition period ended, the GSA estimated that Trump's post-presidential staff would receive over one million dollars in federal salary and benefits. Donald Trump has kept close aides and advisors on his payroll through his Save America political action committees. According to records obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, some Trump aides collected taxpayer-funded salaries in the first 6 months after the administration ended. Insider reported last year that at least 17 former White House advisors, including Stephen Miller and Dan Scavino, received federal salary and benefits while working for the Trump transition office. The names of 5 members of Trump's transition team were blacked out by the General Services Administration. Insider argues in its lawsuit that the GSA is wrong. Civilian federal employees who are not involved in law enforcement or sensitive occupations have no expectation of being exempt from the Freedom of Information Act. The GSA believes that the privacy interest of certain staffers outweighs the public's interest in disclosure. The names of Porter, Martin, and MacInnis werevoluntarily released by the GSA in a letter to Insider. Two weeks ago, Attorney General Garland issued new Freedom of Information Act guidelines that strengthened the federal government's commitment to the fair and effective administration of FOIA. The GSA hasn't released the names of other Trump and Pence staffers. The public has a right to know who was paid to work for Donald Trump and Mike Pence after they left office, so we will continue to pursue this matter in federal court. Trump donated his $400,000 annual salary when he was in office. He could have turned away the taxpayer money that he was entitled to under the Presidential Transition Act, a federal law that gives outgoing presidents and vice presidents government funding and facilities for use in connection with winding up the affairs of his office. In Palm Beach, Florida, and Arlington, Virginia, Trump employed 10 transition aides. The GSA records show that Martin and Porter received annual salaries of $90,000 and $100,000, respectively, for their work in Trump's post-presidential transition office. According to the GSA documents, Martin and Porter were expected to make between $60,583 and 67,315 in salary and benefits during the six-month period between January and July 2021. According to the GSA records, MacInnis was expected to make over $40,000 in salary and benefits. Requests for comment were not responded to by Martin, Porter, and MacInnis. A request for comment was not responded to by a Trump spokesman. After the end of the transition period, Martin and Porter began to receive regular paychecks from the Save America PAC, according to disclosures filed with the Federal Election Commission. According to the GSA records, the highest-paid member of Trump's transition staff was Dan Scavino with an annual salary of $172,500. Between January and July 2021, the GSA estimated that the deputy White House chief of staff, Dan Scavino, would receive $116,118 in salary and benefits. Miller was projected to make $107,702 in federal salary and benefits, with an annual salary of $160,000. Miller and Scavino were added to the Save America PAC payroll after the transition period. Both resisted investigations into Trump's attempt to overturn the election. 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