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Trump offered Kelly FBI director's job, demanded loyalty: report
BY ZACK BUDRYK - 08/31/20 07:31 AM EDT
President Trump offered the position of FBI director to then-Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly in exchange for a guarantee of personal loyalty, New York Times reporter Michael Schmidt writes in his upcoming book, Donald Trump v. The United States.
"Kelly immediately realized the problem with Trump's request for loyalty, and he pushed back on the president's demand," Schmidt writes, according to an excerpt obtained by Axios. "Kelly said that he would be loyal to the Constitution and the rule of law, but he refused to pledge his loyalty to Trump."
The incident reportedly occurred shortly after Trump fired FBI Director James Comey, who has claimed the president made a similar demand of him.
"In addition to illustrating how Trump viewed the role and independence of senior officials who work for him, the president's demand for loyalty tracked with Comey's experience with Trump," Schmidt writes, according to Axios.
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https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/514369-trump-offered-kelly-fbi-directors-job-demanded-loyalty-report
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Trump offered Kelly FBI director's job, demanded loyalty: report (Original Post)
Judi Lynn
Aug 2020
OP
So all the trump appointees got on their knees before trump? Judges, including Scotus also?
empedocles
Aug 2020
#2
Seems that the mafia Dons had more self-respect than the abject submission of the trumpers.
empedocles
Aug 2020
#7
Renew Deal
(81,844 posts)1. We should be happy he didn't offer it to kellyanne
What did Wray pledge go Trump?
empedocles
(15,751 posts)2. So all the trump appointees got on their knees before trump? Judges, including Scotus also?
raging moderate
(4,292 posts)4. Remember that odd Cabinet meeting Loyalty Ritual?
There was that Cabinet meeting that began with a lengthy ritual in which the camera went around the table of Cabinet officers. Each and every one of them recited a little statement extolling the virtues of Donald J. Trump, as he sat there nodding emphatically.
LastDemocratInSC
(3,645 posts)5. It was like the heads of the Five Families
gathering around a conference table in a social club in Queens, giving tribute to the Don, literally.
raging moderate
(4,292 posts)6. Yes, that was VERY Mafioso.
It was like a scene out of The Godfather.
empedocles
(15,751 posts)7. Seems that the mafia Dons had more self-respect than the abject submission of the trumpers.
Mafia don's protected their territory vigorously.
Eugene
(61,806 posts)3. *NOW* he speaks up about the flagrant corruption happening in front of him.