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LACHLAN MARKAY & ASAWIN SUEBSAENG at the Daily Beast
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Sheriff David A. Clarke just lost out on yet another Trump administration joband he has the presidents chief of staff to thank.
Officials in the West Wing tell The Daily Beast that Clarke had been in consideration for a White House post over the past seven weeks. But on Tuesday, the controversial former Milwaukee County lawman signed on with an outside group instead. He will serve as a spokesman and senior adviser for the pro-Trump super PAC America First Action.
Four sources working in and close to the Trump White House said his failure to land a gig in the West Wing or at the Department of Homeland Security, where Clarke unsuccessfully sought a job earlier this year, was in large part the result of opposition from White House chief of staff John Kelly. Kelly led DHS until late July.
Though Clarke had been discussed for a possible White House communications or outreach role, Kellys position as chief of staff made the arrangement a non-starter, as one senior White House official put it. Earlier this year, while serving as DHS Secretary, Kelly had informed Clarke that an appointment to that department would not happen in part due to scandal surrounding the treatment of inmates in Clarkes jail, and the ensuing negative media attention. According to two sources familiar with the discussions, this led to Clarke formally rescinding his intention to join the Trump administration in mid-June.
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(17,862 posts)I am President going to happen?
I wish reporters would ask Trump at every opportunity who the actual President is? Right now it looks like Kelly.
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(118,642 posts)Kushner and moved to that faction. Obviously a Bannon plant to my way of thinking.
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