December 10, 2018
DONALD WHO?:
Nick Ayers, Aide to Pence, Declines Offer to Be Trump's Chief of Staff (Maggie Haberman, Dec. 9, 2018, NY Times)
The decision leaves Mr. Trump to contend with fresh uncertainty as he enters the 2020 campaign amid growing danger from the Russia investigation and from Democrats who have vowed tougher oversight, and could even pursue impeachment, after they take over the House next month. [...][T]wo people close to Mr. Trump said that a news release announcing Mr. Ayers's appointment had been drafted, and that the president had wanted to announce it as soon as possible.
Posted by Orrin Judd at December 10, 2018 12:00 AM