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As Trump publicly fights the election results, White House staffers were informed yesterday that they “will start departing” on the week of Jan. 4 politico.com/news/2020/12/2…
Conflicting internal memos created confusion inside the White House on this morninng about when staffers in the Executive Office of the President should begin preparing to leave work ahead of the transition next month politico.com/news/2020/12/2…
In an email this morning from the White House Management Office, EOP staffers were instructed to “please disregard” an earlier memo that had been sent yesterday informing them that they “will start departing” on the week of Jan. 4. politico.com/news/2020/12/2…
As recently as last night, President Trump had mused in a video message posted to Twitter that perhaps the next administration “will be me”
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