Notorious Sheriff David Clarke Rescinds Acceptance Of Homeland Security Post, And Other Trump News From Monday
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Notorious Sheriff Rescinds Acceptance Of Homeland Security Post: Sheriff David Clarke, who gained prominence as a Trump surrogate and pro-police pundit, has rescinded has acceptance of a Homeland Security spot — one that he publicized earlier. It is unclear why he is no longer a candidate, but one source told The Washington Post that his appointment was plagued by delays.
Trump To Meet With Tech Leaders To Discuss Visas And Cyber Attacks: President Trump will meet with CEOs and executives from top tech companies today to discuss H-1B visa reform and updating government technology. Amazon's Jeff Bezos, Apple's Tim Cook, and Founders Fund's Peter Thiel and Eric Schmidt among others will be in attendance.
Kushner And Greenblatt Traveling To Israel To Attempt Peace Deal: Special adviser and son-in-law to President Trump Jared Kushner will travel to Israel with Trump assistant and special representative Jason Greenblatt to begin the process of attempting to broker a peace deal between Israel and Palestine. Trump officials say the two are expected to travel to the region many times over the Trump presidency to continue the US' legacy of attempted peace deals between the warring states.
Trump Lawyer Insists President Not Under Investigation: A lawyer from President Trump's legal team, Jay Sekulow, appeared on multiple news programs over the weekend to dispute President Trump's tweet and multiple reports that say that Trump is under investigation. Sekulow became notably agitated on the programs and claimed that Trump's tweets were based on bad reporting.
This morning, the President encouraged his followers to tune in to watch Mr. Sekulow on one of his favorite programs, Fox & Friends:
Minority And Female Fellowship Winners Held Up By Hiring Freeze: Minority and female State Department recruits who had won scholarships from the government and committed to diplomatic positions are now facing a much less enticing offer under the Trump administration. The recruits, rather than receiving full diplomatic positions as previously promised, are now being offered temporary consular positions doing work like stamping passports. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says the reversal is due to the Trump administration's hiring freeze.
Trump Turns White House Into Cabinet Boys Club: Politico reports that President Trump gets daily intelligence briefings from CIA Director Mike Pompeo, requiring three hours of Pompeo's time. According to an analysis by Politico, Trump demands an unusually high amount of facetime with certain cabinet secretaries, many of whom can be found in the White House day to day. Obama viewed extensive meetings with his cabinet secretaries as a distraction from their work.
Kushner Contemplating Attorney Shuffle: President Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner is reportedly in the process of shuffling his legal team after his current lawyer, Jamie S. Gorelick, advised him to consider seeking other counsel. Gorelick was a partner with special investigator Robert Mueller. Kushner is reportedly a central subject in the investigation into the Trump campaign's connections with Russia.
