for instance, his attorney, edmund randolph, he went on to become secretary of state after thomas jefferson. randolph got involved in a scandal having to do with the british and whether or not he was taking money from the british or he was giving information to the british. and randolph argued to george washington that none of this was true. in fact, washington immediately fired him without letting him go through the process of proving himself innocent and this would have a huge impact on randolph but george washington had been a friend of edmund randolph going back to their youth. he had been his personal attorney, so washington was so concerned about the reputation of this new experiment in government and the idea that it would be just seen as no better than monarchy, that it would be seen as a failure, that he was pretty rigorous in trying to keep it as clean as possible. even in some cases, being unjust to his own friends in this case, so washington was very much concerned about reputation, and that i think helped to create an efficient government, but let's be honest. the presidency th

edmund randolph, the attorney general at the time. interestingly, john adams who was the vice president was not a member of the cabinet. he was kept out, essentially. hehington saw him -- since was president pro tem of the summit -- senate, he saw him as a legislator and did not want to have the executive and legislative branch mitch together -- mixed together. it is interesting because the senate was supposed to be the consulting body of the president. the president is supposed to get advice and consent to get a treaty ratified in the senate, so they share the power to make treaties. point of fact, the senate was something that was too politico for it to be a good consulting body for washington. he could not get rid of senators. he had no control over their appointment. they were not secretive enough. it would be too easy for arguments to spread and get out into the world. the senate clearly was a deliberative body, not a consulting one. it is interesting to see how washington made the cabinet into this consulting body that the senat

edmund randolph, the attorney general at the time. interestingly, john adams who was the vice president was not a member of the cabinet. he was kept out, essentially. hehington saw him -- since was president pro tem of the summit -- senate, he saw him as a legislator and did not want to have the executive and legislative branch mitch together -- mixed together. it is interesting because the senate was supposed to be the consulting body of the president. the president is supposed to get advice and consent to get a treaty ratified in the senate, so they share the power to make treaties. point of fact, the senate was something that was too politico for it to be a good consulting body for washington. he could not get rid of senators. he had no control over their appointment. they were not secretive enough. it would be too easy for arguments to spread and get out into the world. the senate clearly was a deliberative body, not a consulting one. it is interesting to see how washington made the cabinet into this consulting body that the senat