Working for the White House does look good on one’s resume (more prestige than just getting a job somewhere because your were a friend of the owner’s family), and as a public servant you could do things like, whether you agreed with the administration’s decisions or not, you could make sure they were using good, accurate data upon which to base those decisions, etc.

At least that’s how it used to work.

Now… wear a wire. Not to convict anyone, but to ensure you don’t take the fall.