Trump Ordered DOJ to Hire Controversial Former Aide, Sources Say
Source: Bloomberg
President Donald Trump personally ordered the Department of Justice to hire a former White House official who was fired after he was caught up in a controversy over the release of intelligence material to a member of Congress, according to people familiar with the matter.
Ezra Cohen-Watnick, who left the National Security Council last year, will advise Attorney General Jeff Sessions on national security matters. He was fired from the White House following reports that he had shown House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes classified documents.
The material allegedly revealed that members of the Obama administration had sought the identities of Trump campaign officials and associates inadvertently caught on government intercepts, in a process known as unmasking. Nunes then disclosed that information publicly in an attempt to bolster Trumps unsubstantiated allegation that President Barack Obama had wiretapped him.
As a matter of policy, the White House generally doesnt approve the rehiring of staff who were fired, aides said. But after it became clear the president wanted Cohen-Watnick on Sessions staff, the move was approved.
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Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-11/sessions-is-said-to-hire-controversial-former-white-house-aide
Found this thanks to a tweet from Rep. Ruben Gallego:
Link to tweet
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,001 posts)janx
(24,128 posts)both Rosenstein and Wray?
What is going on here?
CincyDem
(6,358 posts)ekelly
(421 posts)Kablooie
(18,634 posts)He will soon fire Rosenstein and put this stooge in charge of the Russian investigation with secret orders to hobble and dismantle it.
Thats my interpretation.
Lets see what happens.
janx
(24,128 posts)And I'm sure we aren't the only ones at least giving it some thought.
louis-t
(23,295 posts)He is not the king.
Every time he tries to act like one, he builds the criminal case against himself.
Putting ethically challenged people in place does nothing to 'protect' him.