Trumped: Meet The Muscle

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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

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