President Donald Trump names Mark Meadows as his new chief of staff, replacing Mick Mulvaney. The shift to Meadows, a retiring North Carolina congressman, follows Trump's acquittal in his Senate impeachment trial and a recent push to appoint highly loyal associates to top jobs and push out others. Meadows replaces Mulvaney, who had served as acting chief of staff. Mulvaney will become an envoy to Northern Ireland. Ref. USAToday.
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From what I've heard and watched he seems to have a very close relation with the president before he became Chief of Staff, it reminds me how some political parties (In general) would always go for the ones who are the most friendly and loyal in a diplomatic way to their group for various appointments and roles.
Edited: Felipe on 21st May, 2020 - 2:53pm
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President Trump's chief of staff Mark Meadows has tested positive for the coronavirus. Meadows is now among two dozen officials in and around the White House who have had COVID-19 after Trump was diagnosed in early October. Ref. USAToday.
House votes to hold Mark Meadows in contempt for defying subpoena in Jan. 6 probe, urges DOJ to prosecute ex-Trump chief of staff. Meadows, who provided 9,000 documents to the House committee investigating the Capitol riots before refusing to testify, said he was following former President Donald Trump’s assertion of executive privilege to keep their communications confidential. Source 1e.