Out at Homeland Security, Jeh Johnson Sells O St. Home


Former Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson has sold his home on O Street NW in Georgetown, according to neighborhood sources. The house sold after just three days on the market and just one day after Johnson’s term of office ended, upon the inauguration of President Donald Trump. The buyer is unknown.

Johnson, 59, is returning to the 900-plus-lawyer firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, where he became the first African American partner in 1994. He will work as a litigator in New York and Washington, the American Lawyer reported, moving into the office once used by Ted Sorensen, White House counsel in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations.

The move will also be a return to his old home in Montclair, New Jersey, the large basement of which is filled with Johnson’s beloved model railroad. He (and his 24/7 Secret Service entourage) will be missed, neighbors affirm.

Prior to taking the top spot at the Department of Homeland Security in 2013, Johnson was general counsel to the Department of Defense.

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