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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJohn Kelly Accused Jeanine Pirro Of 'Inflaming' An Already 'Vexed' Donald Trump
John Kelly Accused Jeanine Pirro Of Inflaming An Already Vexed Donald Trump
https://hillreporter.com/john-kelly-accused-jeanine-pirro-of-inflaming-an-already-vexed-donald-trump-15081
BY Todd Neikirk November 21, 2018
Of all Donald Trumps FOX News supporters, none may be stauncher than Jeanine Pirro. That support of the president offers her special access to advise Trump. As White House Chief of Staff, John Kelly is often tasked with keeping the presidents worst instincts at bay. According to Newsweek, Kelly snapped at Pirro during a meeting which they had with Trump.
The reproach occurred after Pirro encouraged the president to get the Department of Justice to appoint a special counsel to investigate the Uranium One deal to which his 2016 Democratic rival Hillary Clinton is connected.
Kelly responded to Pirros encouragement by reportedly telling her she was, inflaming an already vexed Trump. Kelly, fearful of the consequences of using the Justice Department to punish enemies, was able to shut down the idea.
It turns out that Kelly was not the only adviser trying to prevent Trump from calling for investigations into opponents. The presidents lawyer, Don McGahn also tried to show Trump how those actions could be viewed.
To outline his point, Mr. McGahn had White House lawyers write a memo for Mr. Trump warning that if he asked law enforcement to investigate his rivals, he could face a range of consequences, including possible impeachment..................................................
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John Kelly Accused Jeanine Pirro Of 'Inflaming' An Already 'Vexed' Donald Trump (Original Post)
riversedge
Nov 2018
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COLGATE4
(14,732 posts)1. Just what we need. The crazy son of a bitch
being wound up by that nasty twit.
pecosbob
(7,541 posts)2. Lady MacBeth comes to mynde for some reason...
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)3. The
infighting getting worse.
Kajun Gal
(1,907 posts)4. Meet Mrs. Satan!
John Fante
(3,479 posts)5. Uranium One is one step above pizzagate in terms of
dopey reich-wing conspiracy theories. These people are morons. Every last one of them.
PS - John Kelly wants to be seen as the adult in the room, but he'll always be a racist baby kidnapping POS to me.
Gore1FL
(21,132 posts)6. I was about to comment similarly about conspiracy theories.
It's weird they want to investigate shit that's been debunked by Snopes for months.
Sadly, I think "racist baby kidnapping POS" is about the closest thing we'll have to "adult in the room" any more.
LiberalFighter
(50,953 posts)7. How much access are they giving Pirro to DT?
madaboutharry
(40,212 posts)8. She was recently on The View
and got into an argument with the hosts, called them c***suckers in front of the audience, and was ordered out of the building by Whoopi Goldberg.
Pirro is a psychopath and a liar, just like her friend Donald.
Golden Raisin
(4,609 posts)9. Trump would love to see Jeanine Pirro
on the Supreme Court.