Priebus: Trump didn't complain to me about Kelly

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill

BY JOHN BOWDEN - 02/10/18 10:16 AM EST

Former White House chief of staff Reince Priebus denied a report in The New York Times this week that claimed President Trump phoned his former aide to complain about current chief of staff John Kelly.

In an interview with Hugh Hewitt broadcast Saturday, Priebus claimed the conversation, in which Trump reportedly complained to Priebus about Kelly's handling of domestic abuse allegations against a White House aide, never happened.

"The breaking news is that in Friday’s New York Times, it was alleged that you had talked to the President and urged him to fire John Kelly. Did that happen?" Hewitt asked Priebus in an interview on MSNBC. "Well, that wasn’t what was in the article. The article simply said that we had talked about it, and we didn’t," Priebus responded.

"The president has never complained to me about General Kelly," he continued. "And on top of it, I would never, number one, he didn’t do that. But number two, I would never bring up such a subject. I’m not going to sit around and talk about the management of the West Wing. I don’t, that just didn’t happen."

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/373258-priebus-trump-didnt-complain-to-me-about-kelly

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Priebus: Porter abuse allegations 'surprising'

BY JOSH DELK - 02/10/18 10:22 AM EST

Former White House chief of staff Reince Priebus says he was taken aback this week by allegations of domestic abuse that forced the resignation of staff secretary Rob Porter.

"It was very surprising," Priebus told Hugh Hewitt in an interview aired Saturday on MSNBC.

Priebus, who said he didn't know about the allegations during his time in the West Wing, said Porter seemed to be an upstanding member of the Trump White House.

"It was one of those sort of moments where people just said that you’re kidding me," Priebus continued. "It can’t, it can’t, we’re not talking about Rob Porter, are we? The Eagles scout, Rhodes scholar, Harvard undergrad?"

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http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/373256-priebus-porter-abuse-allegations-surprising

[Ferrets are Cool]

1. They are all a bunch of lying SOBs.

Every last one of them.

[efhmc]

2. Yep. Wasn't he in place when Porter

was investigated by the FBI and not given a security clearance?

[SunSeeker]

3. Well, either Priebus is lying or those White House sources are trying to undermine Kelly.

Could be both.

[nwduke]

4. Wolf!

Wolf! Wolf! Wolf!

[lkinwi]

5. Priebus Politifact scorecard is 47% false. 🤥 I guess we can all do the math.

http://www.politifact.com/personalities/reince-priebus/

[dalton99a]

6. Rancid always tells the truth

[dchill]

7. "Priebus told Hugh Hewitt..." The irony drips.

The credibility is incredible. Proven liars spew, and love doing it!