Special Assistant in the Immediate Office of the Secretary of the Interior
Lacey Arabella Smethers is serving as a Special Assistant in the Immediate Office of the Secretary of the Interior. The nature of her duties is unclear.
A graduate of Butler County Community College in Kansas, Lacey Smethers held various positions as a substance abuse counselor in Kansas before taking a job on Capitol Hill for Ryan Zinke. Smethers began working as an intern in Zinke’s office in the fall of 2015 and worked her way up to a staff assistant, a position she held until March 2017.
Sources: [Department of the Interior, FOIA Response, 06/27/17 and Legistorm Profile for Lacey Smethers, accessed 07/24/17]
Background Information
Previous Employers
Congressman Ryan Zinke, United States House of Representatives
Financials
Department of the Interior salary: $44,941
[Lacey Smethers, ProPublica’s Trump Town, accessed 03/15/18]
Other Information
Lacey Smethers is active on twitter and in 2012 posted a tweet that said that the “best quote” she had heard in awhile was, “‘Throwing McNuggets at McFucktards to start a McShitfight.'”
[Tweet by Lacey Arabella, accessed 07/24/17]