You truly have no idea of what goes on in Hollyweird, let alone D.C. Might I suggest that your suspend your politically driven conjecture? Trust me when I tell you that you truly have not a clue. If that is not clear enough, fine. Continue along those lines along with Straw, et al and you will realize that you are exposing no one of note but rather your own ignorance in such matters.
Or ignore me. The choice is yours. Choose wisely...Or not.
Admittedly, I have not lived in Hollywood or anywhere in the L.A. area since 1968 and things have changed a lot since then. But, I think I have some idea about what life was like back in the day in Southern California and Hollywood. Not that there is anything special about knowing Hollywood celebrities when you live near them and attend school with them. It was just par for the course when I was growing up and as a young adult.
From eight on I lived in various places in L.A. county, such as Beverly Hills, West Hollywood, Westwood and Encino. I attended Birmingham high school and was friends with the some of original Mouseketeers, including Annette Funicello. Steve Allen's son, Flora Plum, and Sally Fields whose mom and stepdad bought my parent's house in Encino.
My late wife's childhood home was next door to Oscar Levant's and a few blocks from Lucile Ball's home in North Beverly Hills. She went to private Catholic school in Beverly Hills and Immaculate Heart Girls Catholic High School in Los Feliz. Several children of movie stars, some who became stars themselves attended with her, Marlo and her sister Terre Thomas for example. Her high school graduation took place at the Hollywood Bowl.
A friend of mine, Niles Brown of the Young American's was Butler Mile's (Miles Laboratories) lover. My mom was friends with singer Julie London. My sisters were London's kids playmates and according to my much younger sister, Michael Jackson's when they lived near by on Hayvenhurst in Encino My stepdad worked for Cary Grant and Judy Garland, which is how I met Liza Minnelli. She is two years younger than I am, but she was already a 'wild child' according to her step grand-mother.
During my SoCal years I was invited and attended several parties at entertainer's homes: Emogene Coca, Jane Mansfield's Pink Palace in Holmby Hills, etc. My first apartment was on Larabee Street one block down from Whisky a Go Go on Sunset Blvd (Sunset Strip). My wife and I lived on Kirkwood, in Laurel Canyon when we first moved in together. The house was not far from the house on Woodrow Wilson Drive where multiple famous entertainers lived throughout the years as well near Dennis Hopper and Brooke Hayward's place on North Crescent Heights.
As for D.C. my experiences there are fairly limited. I've done some lobbying in the House and Senate on behalf of Classified School Employees Association and for AFT. My big claim to fame was having lunch with Oregon Rep. Kurt Schrader in the Senate dining room. My cousin teaches or taught at the War College in nearby Carlisle, PA. He's 6 months older than I am so there is a good chance he is retired now. My son's work for the U.S. government brings him to D.C. every so often.
There is nothing wrong with my conjecture, whether politically driven or not, which it is not. Compared to the wild conspiracy theories imagined by the political right and conservatives in general, my small postulation is no big deal. Maybe Trump is innocent of the multitude of questionable activities of which he's been accused (according to him these accusations are all part of some ginormous is 'witch hunt' which started long before he arrived on the political scene and will continue until the day he dies.
