Meet the
Muscle
2 = eith Schiller, a former
| q “cave cop” who pa-
a. Sk. trolled New York City’s
No. 3 subway line in the early
1990s, was personally responsible
for delivering James Comey’s
letter of termination. Schiller
has been a member of Trump's
private-security team since 1999,
and he is widely known for his
brash temperament as well as his
position of outsize influence in
the chaotic new administration:
A friend of Schiller’s from
high school said that he
was “ready to get his fists in
there.... There was never a
fight he strayed away from.”
Schiller made headlines early
In Trump's campalgn for hitting
a protester in the face outside
Trump Tower, as well as violently
removing Univision's Jorge Ramos
from an lowa press conference.
In addition to delivering
Comey’s termination letter,
Schiller was reportedly con-
sulted by Trump on the firing.
A former Trump Organization
employee said that, while head-
Ing Trump's security, Schiller
“also became a confidant, and it
is almost like neither realized it”
A former alde from Trump's
presidential campaign called
Schiller the “most underestimated
person on Trump's team.”
—Evan Malmgren