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</b></div><div>A group led by Ginni Thomas has targeted officials in the administration, and lobbied for its own preferred choices. As the president’s distrust in those serving him has grown, so has its sway.</div><div>Ginni Thomas, the wife of Justice Clarence Thomas, has targeted officials at the National Security Council, the former head of the White House personnel office and other top White House aides for replacement.</div><div>By Maggie Haberman</div><div>Published <b>Feb. 24, 2020</b></div><div>Updated May 3, 2021</div><div>
</div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">For the past 18 months, Ginni Thomas, the wife of Justice Clarence Thomas, and other conservatives have plied the White House with memos and suggestions about which people to fire — and who should replace them.</span></div><div>
</div><div>President Trump has generally treated Ms. Thomas’s suggestions coolly, passing them off to advisers, according to people familiar with Ms. Thomas’s efforts. But since the end of the Senate impeachment trial, the president has become more distrustful of the people filling the ranks of government and has been giving those recommendations a closer look.</div><div>
</div><div><b>The memos from Ms. Thomas were first reported by Axios.</b></div><div>
</div><div>Among Ms. Thomas’s top targets have been officials at the National Security Council, the former head of the White House personnel office, Sean Doocey, and other top White House aides. Another target was Jessie K. Liu, who recently left her job as the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia for a job in the Treasury Department that was later withdrawn by the White House.</div><div>
</div><div>Ms. Thomas, a politically active conservative who for nearly seven years has led a group called Groundswell, also successfully lobbied for a role for Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II, the former attorney general of Virginia who is now the acting deputy secretary of homeland security.</div><div>
</div><div>Another conservative, Becky Norton Dunlop, an official at the Heritage Foundation, has also repeatedly passed names of possible appointments to personnel officials, administration officials said.  </div><div><b>Mr. Trump recently shook up the personnel office, replacing Mr. Doocey with John McEntee,</b> who was fired from his previous job at the White House, with a mandate to look for “bad” people, according to multiple administration officials.</div><div>
</div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Some administration aides have long been suspicious that people like Ms. Thomas and Ms. Dunlop are less interested in pro-Trump purity than in appointments for their own networks of friends. White House officials have privately questioned Ms. Thomas’s lobbying on personnel, and have said<b> Mr. Trump — who is facing several decisions before the Supreme Court personally and in terms of administration policy — has made clear he is conscious of whom she is married to.</b></span></div><div>
</div><div><b>Still, in the last year, as Mr. Trump has grown more mistrustful of his government, the sway held by Ms. Thomas and her group has increased</b>. Administration officials have routinely sent aides to attend weekly Groundswell meetings held at the offices of Judicial Watch, another conservative group led by a vocal defender of the president, Tom Fitton.</div><div>
</div><div>Image</div><div><b>Jessie K. Liu, who recently left her job as the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia f</b>or a job in the Treasury Department that was later withdrawn by the White House, was a target of Ms. Thomas’s.</div><div>
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</div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Mr. Trump was also given a memo about Ms. Liu that officials attributed to a Senate Judiciary Committee staff member named Barbara Ledeen</span>, [// HR McMaster JOK] another member of Groundswell, though it was drafted with input from other conservatives. The memo mentioned the failure to prosecute Andrew G. McCabe, a former F.B.I. official whom Mr. Trump has repeatedly attacked, as a strike against Ms. Liu, as well as her signing the sentencing memo of <b>Michael T. Flynn, a friend of Ms. Ledeen’s</b>.</div><div>
</div><div>Ms. Ledeen and Ms. Thomas did not respond to requests for comment.</div><div>
</div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Ms. Ledeen also raised concerns with the staff of <b>Senator Mike Lee, </b>a Utah Republican, about Ms. Liu when she was nominated for the No. 3 job at the Justice Department in March 2019, according to three people familiar with the discussion. After Mr. Lee and others objected to Ms. Liu’s appointment, the White House withdrew her nomination.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">
</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Ms. Liu became a flash point again when she was nominated to the Treasury Department post. Someone provided Mr. Trump with a fresh copy of the memo attributed to Ms. Ledeen, according to a person familiar with the events.</span></div><div>
</div><div>And another memo Ms. Thomas passed along accused Mr. Doocey of obstruction related to State Department jobs, and claimed that he had surreptitiously switched one appointee for another for a foreign aid agency. That particular claim was demonstrably false, according to three people familiar with the memo.</div><div>
</div><div><b>The New York Times reported in <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">January 2019 that Mr. Trump met that month with Ms. Thomas and a half-dozen of her members at what was at times a contentious meeting in the Roosevelt Room</span></b><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"> </span>of the White House. At that meeting, Ms. Thomas insisted that White House personnel were blocking appointments of supporters of the president, and handed him a list of suggested appointees.</div><div>
</div><div><b>Since the meeting, Ms. Thomas and her group have been pressing Mr. Trump to replace job holders they did not consider reliably conservative and have complained to White House staff that they were not getting enough attention from the personnel office.</b></div><div>
</div><div>Privately, officials in that office told associates that Ms. Thomas’s suggested hires could never survive proper vetting, including possibilities such as David A. Clarke, the former sheriff of Milwaukee County for a homeland security role, or the<b> Fox News guest Dan Bongino [GROUNDSWELL] </b>for a counterterrorism post.</div><div>
</div><div>Despite her own history of supporting Senator Ted Cruz of Texas for the Republican presidential nomination and of trying to stop Mr. Trump at the 2016 Republican National Convention, Ms. Thomas has presented herself to the White House as a barometer of who is sufficiently conservative and supportive of the Trump agenda, according to current and former administration officials.</div><div><b>
</b></div><div><b>Mr. Trump has alternately listened to and been dismissive of Ms. Thomas’s entreaties, according to people familiar with his thinking. <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">But the White House has frequently sent administration officials to meet with members of Groundswell.</span></b></div><div>
</div><div>A person close to Ms. Thomas said she did not intend for Groundswell to be her alter ego, and that she merely saw herself as a launching point for conservative input at the White House.</div><div>
</div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">One concern among White House officials has been that outsiders like Ms. Thomas and her allies do not understand how the personnel office functions.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">
</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">In its previous iteration under Mr. Doocey, the office tried to serve as a buffer, getting input and at times pushback about possible hires from the White House Counsel’s Office, the Office of Political Affairs and cabinet secretaries. Mr. Doocey, who had told associates that his goal was to always try to shield the president from problematic appointments, reported directly to the chief of staff.</span></div><div>
</div><div><b>Mr. Trump would sometimes tell conservative activists such as Ms. Thomas that he could not fulfill their wishes because his aides were stopping him. He has said such things even when he agreed that certain recommendations did not make sense, essentially faulting aides for his own choices to avoid confrontation, </b>according to people familiar with the discussions.</div><div>
</div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">Mr. McEntee will report directly to Mr. Trump</span>, giving Mr. McEntee more leeway but also denying the president that buffer when it comes to dealing with people who try to lobby him on personnel matters.</div><div>
</div><div>But it is unclear how much ideological purity Mr. Trump can achieve in his appointments, given how few Republicans supported his candidacy from its inception, the rivalries within his administration, and the stream of aides, consultants, advisers or friends who at some point have whispered in his ear that someone was trying to undermine him.</div><div>
</div></div><div><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>=</b></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-had-a-bizarre-meeting-with-right-wing-activist-ginni-thomas-report">https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-had-a-bizarre-meeting-with-right-wing-activist-ginni-thomas-report</a><b></b>n_5c4cb264e4b06ba6d3bd97b4</font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">huffpo<b> jan 2019</b></font></p><div class="primary-cli cli cli-text " style="box-sizing: content-box; margin: 30px auto; padding: 0px; max-width: none;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.56;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">ginni Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, has long been involved in far-right activism but a recent White House meeting with President <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/topic/donald-trump" role="link" class=" js-entry-link cet-internal-link" data-vars-item-name="Donald Trump" data-vars-item-type="text" data-vars-unit-name="5c4cb264e4b06ba6d3bd97b4" data-vars-unit-type="buzz_body" data-vars-target-content-id="https://www.huffpost.com/topic/donald-trump" data-vars-target-content-type="feed" data-vars-type="web_internal_link" data-vars-subunit-name="article_body" data-vars-subunit-type="component" data-vars-position-in-subunit="0" style="box-shadow: rgb(0, 90, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; text-decoration-line: none; transition: background-color 0.3s ease 0s;">Donald Trump</a>, reported by the New York Times, is raising eyebrows.</font></p></div><div class="primary-cli cli cli-text " style="box-sizing: content-box; margin: 30px auto; padding: 0px; max-width: none;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.56;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Trump listened “quietly” while Thomas and a group of ultra-conservative activists criticized transgender people, women in the military and Republican leadership last week, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/26/us/politics/trump-ginni-thomas-meeting.html" target="blank" role="link" class=" js-entry-link cet-external-link" data-vars-item-name="according to the paper" data-vars-item-type="text" data-vars-unit-name="5c4cb264e4b06ba6d3bd97b4" data-vars-unit-type="buzz_body" data-vars-target-content-id="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/26/us/politics/trump-ginni-thomas-meeting.html" data-vars-target-content-type="url" data-vars-type="web_external_link" data-vars-subunit-name="article_body" data-vars-subunit-type="component" data-vars-position-in-subunit="1" style="box-shadow: rgb(0, 90, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; text-decoration-line: none; transition: background-color 0.3s ease 0s;">according to the paper</a>. The group convened for about an hour in the Roosevelt Room, where Trump sat “saying little but appearing taken aback,” the Times reported citing three unnamed sources familiar with the matter. t<span style="text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase;">HEY BEGAN WITH A PRAYER, THE PAPER’S SOURCES SAID. ATTENDEES ALSO PRAYED AT VARIOUS TIMES THROUGHOUT THE SESSION.</span></font></p></div><div class="primary-cli cli cli-text " style="box-sizing: content-box; margin: 30px auto; padding: 0px; max-width: none;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.56;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Thomas, who operates a one-woman political consultancy, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/what-is-ginni-thomas-saying-now-the-evolution-of-an-unusually-outspoken-supreme-court-spouse/2018/12/26/883da960-f753-11e8-8c9a-860ce2a8148f_story.html?utm_term=.4bb9393b7e85" target="blank" role="link" class=" js-entry-link cet-external-link" data-vars-item-name="has been criticized in recent months" data-vars-item-type="text" data-vars-unit-name="5c4cb264e4b06ba6d3bd97b4" data-vars-unit-type="buzz_body" data-vars-target-content-id="https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/what-is-ginni-thomas-saying-now-the-evolution-of-an-unusually-outspoken-supreme-court-spouse/2018/12/26/883da960-f753-11e8-8c9a-860ce2a8148f_story.html?utm_term=.4bb9393b7e85" data-vars-target-content-type="url" data-vars-type="web_external_link" data-vars-subunit-name="article_body" data-vars-subunit-type="component" data-vars-position-in-subunit="2" style="box-shadow: rgb(0, 90, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; text-decoration-line: none; transition: background-color 0.3s ease 0s;">has been criticized in recent months</a> for pushing more obviously partisan messages than some deem appropriate for the spouse of a justice of the Supreme Court, an institution that has <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/chief-justice-roberts-kavanaugh-court-independence_n_5bc6b856e4b0a8f17ee7113e" role="link" class=" js-entry-link cet-internal-link" data-vars-item-name="recently seen" data-vars-item-type="text" data-vars-unit-name="5c4cb264e4b06ba6d3bd97b4" data-vars-unit-type="buzz_body" data-vars-target-content-id="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/chief-justice-roberts-kavanaugh-court-independence_n_5bc6b856e4b0a8f17ee7113e" data-vars-target-content-type="buzz" data-vars-type="web_internal_link" data-vars-subunit-name="article_body" data-vars-subunit-type="component" data-vars-position-in-subunit="3" style="box-shadow: rgb(0, 90, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; text-decoration-line: none; transition: background-color 0.3s ease 0s;">recently seen</a> its impartiality questioned.</font></p></div><div class="primary-cli cli cli-text " style="box-sizing: content-box; margin: 30px auto; padding: 0px; max-width: none;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.56;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51);">Over <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/impact/topic/facebook" style="box-shadow: rgb(0, 90, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; text-decoration-line: none; transition: background-color 0.3s ease 0s;">Facebook</a>, she regularly posts unvarnished praise for Trump and slams Democratic leadership. This week, she <a href="https://www.facebook.com/GinniLThomas/posts/2322530454446460?xts[0]=68.ARAIPwhit2Drx4rm4rIW41pTsyVnYBvJH01Xbn3GCerY7PZUxdQCC1T2FoGAP4qE3y_Kuh9uXo7q7Jg7wEDdgGMQ8xG3ZqjFOfV1pQqNWD49hPVGqa7quPN_hErd7BMWWSP5m8gZjGIWwOwb6gIvRhYz-bsBuVesu-DaD4NelxMZiW13MHPDdD7m0z9WkzfpmxkrLhFcUwdA2Szcu3y6uemddiKfIgNqh-ISn_ZXvpWnGYnUPui0mrHcgK_fuQjtwbAXoCjBKUmBgzkop7Qvb5NsVs2hxn1fqAoo3m8cSbU3CJHV53OTpmyoyZN3-mFWZX2YrbUSPjyF0NfUMT5npCZ4hJ-NYKE8yS9amZbi-wXfJcBlsRUWTPlZ6XfZUkSq41EmMabsn3PQ6Wvg8Ysl2pOr1H1j8fSJR6Wi2TIK_4KvnqaPXN_cV_BGt8hprv4ZJQX2hW2NVMFhkVLNgfYfS16N0W6nZo-obk6lYhJyJyTEW_VAyQV4C-&tn=-R" target="blank" role="link" class=" js-entry-link cet-external-link" data-vars-item-name="shared" data-vars-item-type="text" data-vars-unit-name="5c4cb264e4b06ba6d3bd97b4" data-vars-unit-type="buzz_body" data-vars-target-content-id="https://www.facebook.com/GinniLThomas/posts/2322530454446460?xts[0]=68.ARAIPwhit2Drx4rm4rIW41pTsyVnYBvJH01Xbn3GCerY7PZUxdQCC1T2FoGAP4qE3y_Kuh9uXo7q7Jg7wEDdgGMQ8xG3ZqjFOfV1pQqNWD49hPVGqa7quPN_hErd7BMWWSP5m8gZjGIWwOwb6gIvRhYz-bsBuVesu-DaD4NelxMZiW13MHPDdD7m0z9WkzfpmxkrLhFcUwdA2Szcu3y6uemddiKfIgNqh-ISn_ZXvpWnGYnUPui0mrHcgK_fuQjtwbAXoCjBKUmBgzkop7Qvb5NsVs2hxn1fqAoo3m8cSbU3CJHV53OTpmyoyZN3-mFWZX2YrbUSPjyF0NfUMT5npCZ4hJ-NYKE8yS9amZbi-wXfJcBlsRUWTPlZ6XfZUkSq41EmMabsn3PQ6Wvg8Ysl2pOr1H1j8fSJR6Wi2TIK_4KvnqaPXN_cV_BGt8hprv4ZJQX2hW2NVMFhkVLNgfYfS16N0W6nZo-obk6lYhJyJyTEW_VAyQV4C-&tn=-R" data-vars-target-content-type="url" data-vars-type="web_external_link" data-vars-subunit-name="article_body" data-vars-subunit-type="component" data-vars-position-in-subunit="4" style="box-shadow: rgb(0, 90, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; text-decoration-line: none; transition: background-color 0.3s ease 0s;">shared</a> a racist meme about immigrants. (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/GinniLThomas/posts/2303652999667539?xts[0]=68.ARCHv_wKQBXm3jC8ywn8cuaXgRl86KWriYcjOHZ1wj0O5a1OGnVey3tacv9o9XZW-HcOat5QeZiUrJxxzwZlLjY65bcZtKyBQiBfWV8fHWb_OQFV3-yc6W0Bit9Jn7eLrZGcca0Ryv3ZizvZAS7VmIT4o3cZ-6fzE5qZ8id-8_wlOgUbBflDTR5Ja3L3EloYahk4FZdPlpJuW_xjr8U8LQqv7VZqK6Uwoy20hv6P7SRPk7iQ0UnkLCOR7yNST-0F2Ktr-j0PJBSu1ofstDU574b9a-7OXgfoX789S6dPoSBo3Z8hFLOrpjKcn-5Pcgfj9g4GEpmUkN9bOfAFQSLTAU9TcI5NTZigInAlwOGiNn5X0f0h5zhnu0MOz069H_BmdGTd9wPN8j5A9GJAXpwne1IpGgEvbmnuWEWGcFjLIOfVfwe5ZPVx_omJ1Hy8w2ibzTPnUHSoErAkYuZ2VJW4cB9Ygd37o5TNSPM3ub8N9wT_FqQg3T4ohDh3&tn=-R" target="blank" role="link" class=" js-entry-link cet-external-link" data-vars-item-name="Not her first" data-vars-item-type="text" data-vars-unit-name="5c4cb264e4b06ba6d3bd97b4" data-vars-unit-type="buzz_body" data-vars-target-content-id="https://www.facebook.com/GinniLThomas/posts/2303652999667539?xts[0]=68.ARCHv_wKQBXm3jC8ywn8cuaXgRl86KWriYcjOHZ1wj0O5a1OGnVey3tacv9o9XZW-HcOat5QeZiUrJxxzwZlLjY65bcZtKyBQiBfWV8fHWb_OQFV3-yc6W0Bit9Jn7eLrZGcca0Ryv3ZizvZAS7VmIT4o3cZ-6fzE5qZ8id-8_wlOgUbBflDTR5Ja3L3EloYahk4FZdPlpJuW_xjr8U8LQqv7VZqK6Uwoy20hv6P7SRPk7iQ0UnkLCOR7yNST-0F2Ktr-j0PJBSu1ofstDU574b9a-7OXgfoX789S6dPoSBo3Z8hFLOrpjKcn-5Pcgfj9g4GEpmUkN9bOfAFQSLTAU9TcI5NTZigInAlwOGiNn5X0f0h5zhnu0MOz069H_BmdGTd9wPN8j5A9GJAXpwne1IpGgEvbmnuWEWGcFjLIOfVfwe5ZPVx_omJ1Hy8w2ibzTPnUHSoErAkYuZ2VJW4cB9Ygd37o5TNSPM3ub8N9wT_FqQg3T4ohDh3&tn=-R" data-vars-target-content-type="url" data-vars-type="web_external_link" data-vars-subunit-name="article_body" data-vars-subunit-type="component" data-vars-position-in-subunit="5" style="box-shadow: rgb(0, 90, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; text-decoration-line: none; transition: background-color 0.3s ease 0s;">Not her first</a>.) Thomas once called the Parkland, Florida, school shooting survivors “dangerous to the survival of our nation” because of their battle for stronger gun control policy</span>.</font></p></div><div class="pg-placeholder" id="public-good-placeholder" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="pgs-dpg-btn" data-pgs-partner-id="verizon-huffpost" data-loaded="true" widget-loading="true" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="primary-cli cli cli-text " style="box-sizing: content-box; margin: 30px auto; padding: 0px; max-width: none;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.56;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>Others at the meeting were Connie Hair, chief of staff to Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas); Frank Gaffney, an anti-Muslim conspiracy theorist; and Rosemary Jenks, who works for the anti-immigration group NumbersUSA ― along with around six White House aides,</b> the Times reported.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.56;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.56;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">thomas and Hair were particularly hung up on certain administrative appointments they wanted Trump to make, accusing White House aides of blocking them, according to the report.</font></p></div><div class="primary-cli cli cli-text " style="box-sizing: content-box; margin: 30px auto; padding: 0px; max-width: none;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.56;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>One woman present reportedly argued that all women should be barred from military service due to their physical differences from men.</b></font></p></div><div class="primary-cli cli cli-text " style="box-sizing: content-box; margin: 30px auto; padding: 0px; max-width: none;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.56;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Someone also told the president that Republican congressional leaders should be “tarred and feathered” over the partial government shutdown, although the attendees apparently did not say what the leaders should have been doing. While news of the meeting comes just after the White House agreed to temporarily reopen the federal government, at the time the shutdown would have seemed indefinite.</font></p></div><div class="primary-cli cli cli-text " style="box-sizing: content-box; margin: 30px auto; padding: 0px; max-width: none;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.56;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">At one point, Trump pulled his daughter <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/ivanka-trump" style="box-shadow: rgb(0, 90, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; text-decoration-line: none; transition: background-color 0.3s ease 0s;">Ivanka Trump</a>, who is also a White House aide, into the meeting, “saying she would be beloved if she were serving a liberal president, instead of getting negative news coverage.”</font></p></div><div class="primary-cli cli cli-text " style="box-sizing: content-box; margin: 30px auto; padding: 0px; max-width: none;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.56;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>The unusual meeting reportedly came to be after the president and first lady dined with the justice and his wife but had been delayed for months</b>, the Times said.</font></p></div><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>=</b></font></font></font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">ref</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/26/us/politics/trump-ginni-thomas-meeting.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/26/us/politics/trump-ginni-thomas-meeting.html</a></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><b>Trump Meets With Hard-Right Group Led by Ginni Thomas</b></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">By Maggie Haberman and Annie Karni</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">  <b>  <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Jan. 26,</span></b><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"> 2019</span></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">WASHINGTON — President Trump met last week with a delegation of hard-right activists led by Ginni Thomas, the wife of Justice Clarence Thomas, listening quietly as members of the group denounced transgender people and women serving in the military, according to three people with direct knowledge of the events.</font></p><p /><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">For 60 minutes Mr. Trump sat, saying little but appearing taken aback, the three people said, as the group also accused White House aides of blocking Trump supporters from getting jobs in the administration.</font></p></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">[dunno if all]</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" /><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">President Trump met last week with a delegation of hard-right activists led by Ginni Thomas, the wife of Justice Clarence Thomas, listening quietly as members of the group denounced transgender people and women serving in the military, according to three people with direct knowledge of the events.</font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></div><div>
</div><div>For 60 minutes Mr. Trump sat, saying little but appearing taken aback, the three people said, as the group also accused White House aides of blocking Trump supporters from getting jobs in the administration.</div><div>
</div><div>It is unusual for the spouse of a sitting Supreme Court justice to have such a meeting with a president, and some close to Mr. Trump said it was inappropriate for Ms. Thomas to have asked to meet with the head of a different branch of government.</div><div>
</div><div>A vocal conservative, Ms. Thomas has long been close to what had been the Republican Party’s fringes, and extremely outspoken against Democrats. Her activism has raised concerns of conflicts of interest for her husband, who is perhaps the most conservative member of the Supreme Court.</div><div>
</div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">…</span></div><div>
</div><div>One of them, Connie Hair, was identified by Ms. Thomas’s group as a conservative columnist when the meeting was being assembled, according to the people. In reality, she is the chief of staff to Representative Louie Gohmert, Republican of Texas. During the campaign, she had posted several comments on Twitter describing Mr. Trump as unfit for office, including calling him “certifiable” and saying he would “never be elected president.”</div><div>
</div><div>In the meeting, Ms. Hair described herself as a strong Trump supporter, according to those familiar with the events. Ms. Hair did not respond to an email seeking comment.</div><div>
</div><div>A central focus for Ms. Hair and Ms. Thomas was administration appointments that they wanted made and that they accused the president’s aides of blocking. People familiar with the situation indicated that the people Ms. Hair and Ms. Thomas wanted hired were rejected for a range of reasons, and in at least one case someone was offered a job and declined it because the position was not considered senior enough<b>. Another complaint was that Ms. Thomas had not actually shared the full list of people to be hired, said those familiar with the meeting.</b></div><div>
</div><div>Others attending included Frank Gaffney, the founder of the Center for Security Policy who has advocated curtailing immigration and has repeatedly denounced Muslims, and Rosemary Jenks, who works for the anti-immigration group NumbersUSA, according to the people familiar with the events.</div><div>
</div><div>Ms. Thomas — whose group, Groundswell, was formed in 2013 to strategize against Democrats and the political left and meets weekly — joined others in prayer at the start of the meeting. Some members of the group prayed at different moments as the meeting continued. At one point, Mr. Trump pulled in his daughter Ivanka, a West Wing adviser, saying she would be beloved if she were serving a liberal president, instead of getting negative news coverage.</div><div>
</div><div>One woman in the group argued that women should not serve in the military because they do not have the physical capacity that men do, according to the people familiar with the events.</div></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">===</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">rww</font></div><div><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">frank Gaffney of the <a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label=" (opens in a new tab)" href="https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/group/center-security-policy" target="blank">anti-Muslim hate group</a> Center for Security Policy and Rosemary Jenks of the <a href="https://www.splcenter.org/20090131/nativist-lobby-three-faces-intolerance" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label=" (opens in a new tab)">anti-immigrant group</a> NumbersUSA

joined Rep. Louie Gohmert’s chief of staff Connie Hair in a meeting

with Trump and a handful of White House aides. During the meeting,

multiple comments were put forward to the president that many Americans

would find offensive, including claims that gay marriage was destroying

America.</font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In addition, some members of the group complained to the president

that their suggested candidates for administration positions had been

ignored. Some reportedly “also accused White House aides of blocking

Trump supporters from getting jobs in the administration”—a claim

popularized in pro-Trump social media circles.</font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The meeting was organized by Ginni Thomas, a right-wing activist who

is married to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. Thomas’ political

activity has raised concerns about conflicts of interest for her

husband, the Times reported, and she <a href="https://www.mediaite.com/online/exclusive-clarence-thomas-wife-hired-ex-tpusa-staffer-known-for-saying-i-hate-blacks/">once hired</a> a

young activist who was ousted from the organization Turning Point USA

after writing in a text message: “I HATE BLACK PEOPLE. Like fuck them

all . . . I hate blacks. End of story.”</font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Thomas founded a conservative advocacy group that would later merge

with the Patrick Henry Center for Individual Liberty. She used to write

columns for The Daily Caller and was once employed at the Heritage

Foundation.</font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In 2017, Thomas <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/ginni-thomas-gives-awards-to-james-okeefe-sean-hannity-frank-gaffney-other-right-wing-activists/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label=" (opens in a new tab)">gave awards</a> to

right-wing activists including James O’Keefe, Gaffney, and Fox News

host Sean Hannity. She has appeared as a speaker alongside her husband

at an <a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label=" (opens in a new tab)" href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/at-eagle-forum-event-anti-lgbtq-rhetoric-immigration-restriction-and-a-supreme-court-justice/" target="blank">Eagle Forum conference</a> in Washington, where anti-LGBTQ rhetoric was a staple in multiple presentations. <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">In 2013, Thomas discussed “<a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label=" (opens in a new tab)" href="https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/1/23/1828527/-How-the-cultural-Marxism-hoax-began-and-why-it-s-spreading-into-the-mainstream" target="blank">cultural Marxism</a>”

with the late anti-feminist activist Phyllis Schlafly—a conspiracy

theory that was originally coined by an anti-Semites and white

nationalists in the 1990s that alleged Jews were trying to degrade

Western societies for their own benefits.</span></font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The White House meeting was scheduled for this month after “months of delay.” From <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/26/us/politics/trump-ginni-thomas-meeting.html#click=https://t.co/SrTZ8l0tVc" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label=" (opens in a new tab)">The Times</a>:</font></p>

<blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">For 60 minutes Mr. Trump sat,

saying little but appearing taken aback, the three people said, as the

group also accused White House aides of blocking Trump supporters from

getting jobs in the administration.</font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">It is unusual for the spouse

of a sitting Supreme Court justice to have such a meeting with a

president, and some close to Mr. Trump said it was inappropriate for Ms.

Thomas to have asked to meet with the head of a different branch of

government.</font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">A vocal conservative, Ms. Thomas has long been close

to what had been the Republican Party’s fringes, and extremely outspoken

against Democrats. Her activism has raised concerns of conflicts of

interest for her husband, who is perhaps the most conservative member of

the Supreme Court.</font></p></blockquote>

<p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Gaffney and the Center for Security Policy have enjoyed increased access to <a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label=" (opens in a new tab)" href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/has-mike-pompeo-been-in-contact-with-anti-muslim-groups-at-the-cia/" target="blank">government officials</a> in the Trump era and <a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label=" (opens in a new tab)" href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/center-for-security-policy-americans-should-be-happy-trump-retweeted-anti-muslim-propaganda/" target="blank">cheered</a> on

the Trump administration’s anti-Muslim, such as the travel ban.

NumbersUSA has a longstanding reputation for publishing white

nationalist writers, and the organization still continues to work toward

founder John Tanton’s original vision for the perpetuation of the

United States’ majority-white status, despite his ties with white

nationalists and anti-Semites. In 2015, NumbersUSA <a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label=" (opens in a new tab)" href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/even-trump-not-enough-of-an-anti-immigrant-extremist-for-numbers-usa/" target="_blank">chided</a> Trump for not being anti-immigrant enough.</font></p>

<p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="">Originally <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/hate-had-a-meeting-in-the-white-house/" target="blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label=" (opens in a new tab)" style="">published</a> by <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/" target="blank" style="">Right Wing Watch</a>, 01.28.2019</font></p></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">=</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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</div><div>A group led by Ginni Thomas has targeted officials in the administration, and lobbied for its own preferred choices. As the president’s distrust in those serving him has grown, so has its sway.</div><div>
</div><div>Ginni Thomas, the wife of Justice Clarence Thomas, has targeted officials at the National Security Council, the former head of the White House personnel office and other top White House aides for replacement.</div><div>
</div><div>By Maggie Haberman</div><div>Published Feb. 24, 2020  Updated <b>May 3, 2021</b></div><div>
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</div><div>For the past 18 months, Ginni Thomas, the wife of Justice Clarence Thomas, and other conservatives have plied the White House with memos and suggestions about which people to fire — and who should replace them.</div><div>
</div><div>President Trump has generally treated Ms. Thomas’s suggestions coolly, passing them off to advisers, according to people familiar with Ms. Thomas’s efforts. But since the end of the Senate impeachment trial, the president has become more distrustful of the people filling the ranks of government and has been giving those recommendations a closer look....</div><div>
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--tw-hue-rotate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-saturate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-sepia:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter:var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-ordinal:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-slashed-zero:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-font-variant-numeric:var(--tw-ordinal) var(--tw-slashed-zero) var(--tw-numeric-figure) var(--tw-numeric-spacing) var(--tw-numeric-fraction); font-weight: 600;">Driving the news: </span>By the time President Trump instructed his 29-year-old former body man and new head of presidential personnel to<a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text=" rid his government of anti-Trump officials" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/scoop-white-house-personnel-chief-targets-never-trumpers-2ee51bfd-03f9-4971-8308-863c81ace5f0.html" data-vars-content-id="ce5be95f-2418-433d-b036-2bf41c9700c3" data-vars-headline="Exclusive: Trump's " deep="Deep" state="State" hit="hit" list="list" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/scoop-white-house-personnel-chief-targets-never-trumpers-2ee51bfd-03f9-4971-8308-863c81ace5f0.html" target="self" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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--tw-slashed-zero:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-font-variant-numeric:var(--tw-ordinal) var(--tw-slashed-zero) var(--tw-numeric-figure) var(--tw-numeric-spacing) var(--tw-numeric-fraction); --tw-text-opacity:1;"> rid his government of anti-Trump officials</a>, he'd gathered reams of material to support his suspicions.</font></p><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid currentcolor; --tw-translate-x:0; --tw-translate-y:0; --tw-rotate:0; --tw-skew-x:0; --tw-skew-y:0; --tw-scale-x:1; --tw-scale-y:1; --tw-transform:translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-ring-offset-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow-colored:0 0 transparent; --tw-blur:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-saturate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-sepia:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter:var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-ordinal:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-slashed-zero:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-font-variant-numeric:var(--tw-ordinal) var(--tw-slashed-zero) var(--tw-numeric-figure) var(--tw-numeric-spacing) var(--tw-numeric-fraction); list-style: url(" https="https" static.axios.com="static.axios.com" img="img" axios-site="axios-site" bullet-filled.svg="bullet-filled.svg" none="none" margin="margin" rem="rem" px="px" padding="padding" font-family="font-family" atiza="Atiza" ui-serif="ui-serif" georgia="Georgia" cambria="Cambria" times="Times" new="New" roman="Roman" serif="serif" font-size="font-size" color="color" rgb="rgb"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid currentcolor; --tw-translate-x:0; --tw-translate-y:0; --tw-rotate:0; --tw-skew-x:0; --tw-skew-y:0; --tw-scale-x:1; --tw-scale-y:1; --tw-transform:translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-ring-offset-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow-colored:0 0 transparent; --tw-blur:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-saturate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-sepia:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter:var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-ordinal:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-slashed-zero:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-font-variant-numeric:var(--tw-ordinal) var(--tw-slashed-zero) var(--tw-numeric-figure) var(--tw-numeric-spacing) var(--tw-numeric-fraction); padding-left: 0.5rem; margin-top: 1.5rem;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">While Trump's distrust has only intensified since his impeachment and acquittal, he has long been on the hunt for "bad people" inside the White House and U.S. government, and fresh "pro-Trump" options. Outside advisers have been happy to oblige.</font></li></ul><p style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid currentcolor; --tw-translate-x:0; --tw-translate-y:0; --tw-rotate:0; --tw-skew-x:0; --tw-skew-y:0; --tw-scale-x:1; --tw-scale-y:1; --tw-transform:translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-ring-offset-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow-colored:0 0 transparent; --tw-blur:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-saturate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-sepia:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter:var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-ordinal:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-slashed-zero:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-font-variant-numeric:var(--tw-ordinal) var(--tw-slashed-zero) var(--tw-numeric-figure) var(--tw-numeric-spacing) var(--tw-numeric-fraction); margin: 1.5rem 0px; font-family: Atiza, ui-serif, Georgia, Cambria, " times="Times" new="New" roman="Roman" serif="serif" font-size="font-size" rem="rem" color="color" rgb="rgb"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid currentcolor; --tw-translate-x:0; --tw-translate-y:0; --tw-rotate:0; --tw-skew-x:0; --tw-skew-y:0; --tw-scale-x:1; --tw-scale-y:1; --tw-transform:translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-ring-offset-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow-colored:0 0 transparent; --tw-blur:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-saturate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-sepia:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter:var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-ordinal:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-slashed-zero:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-font-variant-numeric:var(--tw-ordinal) var(--tw-slashed-zero) var(--tw-numeric-figure) var(--tw-numeric-spacing) var(--tw-numeric-fraction); font-weight: 600;">In reporting this story, </span>I have been briefed on, or reviewed, memos and lists the president received since 2018 suggesting whom he should hire and fire. Most of these details have never been published.</font></p><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid currentcolor; --tw-translate-x:0; --tw-translate-y:0; --tw-rotate:0; --tw-skew-x:0; --tw-skew-y:0; --tw-scale-x:1; --tw-scale-y:1; --tw-transform:translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-ring-offset-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow-colored:0 0 transparent; --tw-blur:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-saturate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-sepia:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter:var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-ordinal:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-slashed-zero:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-font-variant-numeric:var(--tw-ordinal) var(--tw-slashed-zero) var(--tw-numeric-figure) var(--tw-numeric-spacing) var(--tw-numeric-fraction); list-style: url(" https="https" static.axios.com="static.axios.com" img="img" axios-site="axios-site" bullet-filled.svg="bullet-filled.svg" none="none" margin="margin" rem="rem" px="px" padding="padding" font-family="font-family" atiza="Atiza" ui-serif="ui-serif" georgia="Georgia" cambria="Cambria" times="Times" new="New" roman="Roman" serif="serif" font-size="font-size" color="color" rgb="rgb"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid currentcolor; --tw-translate-x:0; --tw-translate-y:0; --tw-rotate:0; --tw-skew-x:0; --tw-skew-y:0; --tw-scale-x:1; --tw-scale-y:1; --tw-transform:translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-ring-offset-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow-colored:0 0 transparent; --tw-blur:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-saturate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-sepia:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter:var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-ordinal:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-slashed-zero:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-font-variant-numeric:var(--tw-ordinal) var(--tw-slashed-zero) var(--tw-numeric-figure) var(--tw-numeric-spacing) var(--tw-numeric-fraction); padding-left: 0.5rem; margin-top: 1.5rem; margin-bottom: 0.75rem;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">A well-connected network of conservative activists with close ties to Trump and top administration officials is quietly helping develop these "Never Trump"/pro-Trump lists, and some sent memos to Trump to shape his views, per sources with direct knowledge.</font></span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid currentcolor; --tw-translate-x:0; --tw-translate-y:0; --tw-rotate:0; --tw-skew-x:0; --tw-skew-y:0; --tw-scale-x:1; --tw-scale-y:1; --tw-transform:translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-ring-offset-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow-colored:0 0 transparent; --tw-blur:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-saturate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-sepia:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter:var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-ordinal:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-slashed-zero:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-font-variant-numeric:var(--tw-ordinal) var(--tw-slashed-zero) var(--tw-numeric-figure) var(--tw-numeric-spacing) var(--tw-numeric-fraction); padding-left: 0.5rem; margin-top: 1.5rem;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Members of this network include Ginni Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, and Republican Senate staffer Barbara Ledeen.</font></span></li></ul><p style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid currentcolor; --tw-translate-x:0; --tw-translate-y:0; --tw-rotate:0; --tw-skew-x:0; --tw-skew-y:0; --tw-scale-x:1; --tw-scale-y:1; --tw-transform:translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-ring-offset-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow-colored:0 0 transparent; --tw-blur:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-saturate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-sepia:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter:var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-ordinal:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-slashed-zero:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-font-variant-numeric:var(--tw-ordinal) var(--tw-slashed-zero) var(--tw-numeric-figure) var(--tw-numeric-spacing) var(--tw-numeric-fraction); margin: 1.5rem 0px; font-family: Atiza, ui-serif, Georgia, Cambria, " times="Times" new="New" roman="Roman" serif="serif" font-size="font-size" rem="rem" color="color" rgb="rgb"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid currentcolor; --tw-translate-x:0; --tw-translate-y:0; --tw-rotate:0; --tw-skew-x:0; --tw-skew-y:0; --tw-scale-x:1; --tw-scale-y:1; --tw-transform:translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-ring-offset-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow-colored:0 0 transparent; --tw-blur:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-saturate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-sepia:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter:var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-ordinal:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-slashed-zero:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-font-variant-numeric:var(--tw-ordinal) var(--tw-slashed-zero) var(--tw-numeric-figure) var(--tw-numeric-spacing) var(--tw-numeric-fraction); font-weight: 600;">The big picture: </span>Since Trump's Senate acquittal, aides say the president has crossed a psychological line regarding what he calls the "Deep State." He feels his government — from Justice to State to Defense to Homeland Security — is filled with "snakes." He wants them fired and replaced ASAP.</font></span></p><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid currentcolor; --tw-translate-x:0; --tw-translate-y:0; --tw-rotate:0; --tw-skew-x:0; --tw-skew-y:0; --tw-scale-x:1; --tw-scale-y:1; --tw-transform:translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-ring-offset-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow-colored:0 0 transparent; --tw-blur:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-saturate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-sepia:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter:var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-ordinal:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-slashed-zero:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-font-variant-numeric:var(--tw-ordinal) var(--tw-slashed-zero) var(--tw-numeric-figure) var(--tw-numeric-spacing) var(--tw-numeric-fraction); list-style: url(" https="https" static.axios.com="static.axios.com" img="img" axios-site="axios-site" bullet-filled.svg="bullet-filled.svg" none="none" margin="margin" rem="rem" px="px" padding="padding" font-family="font-family" atiza="Atiza" ui-serif="ui-serif" georgia="Georgia" cambria="Cambria" times="Times" new="New" roman="Roman" serif="serif" font-size="font-size" color="color" rgb="rgb"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid currentcolor; --tw-translate-x:0; --tw-translate-y:0; --tw-rotate:0; --tw-skew-x:0; --tw-skew-y:0; --tw-scale-x:1; --tw-scale-y:1; --tw-transform:translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-ring-offset-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow-colored:0 0 transparent; --tw-blur:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-saturate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-sepia:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter:var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-ordinal:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-slashed-zero:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-font-variant-numeric:var(--tw-ordinal) var(--tw-slashed-zero) var(--tw-numeric-figure) var(--tw-numeric-spacing) var(--tw-numeric-fraction); padding-left: 0.5rem; margin-top: 1.5rem; margin-bottom: 0.75rem;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid currentcolor; --tw-translate-x:0; --tw-translate-y:0; --tw-rotate:0; --tw-skew-x:0; --tw-skew-y:0; --tw-scale-x:1; --tw-scale-y:1; --tw-transform:translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-ring-offset-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow-colored:0 0 transparent; --tw-blur:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-saturate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-sepia:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter:var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-ordinal:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-slashed-zero:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-font-variant-numeric:var(--tw-ordinal) var(--tw-slashed-zero) var(--tw-numeric-figure) var(--tw-numeric-spacing) var(--tw-numeric-fraction); font-weight: 600;">"I think it's a very positive development,"</span> said Rich Higgins, who served on Trump's National Security Council in 2017. H.R. McMaster removed Higgins after he wrote a memo speculating that Trump's presidency faced threats from Marxists, the "Deep State," so-called globalists, bankers, Islamists, and establishment Republicans. (This was long before the full scope of the FBI's Russia investigation was known to Trump and his aides.)</font></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid currentcolor; --tw-translate-x:0; --tw-translate-y:0; --tw-rotate:0; --tw-skew-x:0; --tw-skew-y:0; --tw-scale-x:1; --tw-scale-y:1; --tw-transform:translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-ring-offset-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow-colored:0 0 transparent; --tw-blur:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-saturate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-sepia:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter:var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-ordinal:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-slashed-zero:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-font-variant-numeric:var(--tw-ordinal) var(--tw-slashed-zero) var(--tw-numeric-figure) var(--tw-numeric-spacing) var(--tw-numeric-fraction); padding-left: 0.5rem; margin-top: 1.5rem;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Higgins told me on Sunday he stands by everything he wrote in his memo, but "I would probably remove 'bankers' if I had to do it over and I would play up the intel community role — which I neglected."</font></li></ul><p style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid currentcolor; --tw-translate-x:0; --tw-translate-y:0; --tw-rotate:0; --tw-skew-x:0; --tw-skew-y:0; --tw-scale-x:1; --tw-scale-y:1; --tw-transform:translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-ring-offset-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow-colored:0 0 transparent; --tw-blur:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-saturate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-sepia:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter:var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-ordinal:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-slashed-zero:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-font-variant-numeric:var(--tw-ordinal) var(--tw-slashed-zero) var(--tw-numeric-figure) var(--tw-numeric-spacing) var(--tw-numeric-fraction); margin: 1.5rem 0px; font-family: Atiza, ui-serif, Georgia, Cambria, " times="Times" new="New" roman="Roman" serif="serif" font-size="font-size" rem="rem" color="color" rgb="rgb"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid currentcolor; --tw-translate-x:0; --tw-translate-y:0; --tw-rotate:0; --tw-skew-x:0; --tw-skew-y:0; --tw-scale-x:1; --tw-scale-y:1; --tw-transform:translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-ring-offset-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow-colored:0 0 transparent; --tw-blur:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-saturate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-sepia:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter:var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-ordinal:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-slashed-zero:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-font-variant-numeric:var(--tw-ordinal) var(--tw-slashed-zero) var(--tw-numeric-figure) var(--tw-numeric-spacing) var(--tw-numeric-fraction); font-weight: 600;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Let's get to the memos.</font></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid currentcolor; --tw-translate-x:0; --tw-translate-y:0; --tw-rotate:0; --tw-skew-x:0; --tw-skew-y:0; --tw-scale-x:1; --tw-scale-y:1; --tw-transform:translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-ring-offset-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow-colored:0 0 transparent; --tw-blur:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-saturate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-sepia:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter:var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-ordinal:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-slashed-zero:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-font-variant-numeric:var(--tw-ordinal) var(--tw-slashed-zero) var(--tw-numeric-figure) var(--tw-numeric-spacing) var(--tw-numeric-fraction); margin: 1.5rem 0px; font-family: Atiza, ui-serif, Georgia, Cambria, " times="Times" new="New" roman="Roman" serif="serif" font-size="font-size" rem="rem" color="color" rgb="rgb"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid currentcolor; --tw-translate-x:0; --tw-translate-y:0; --tw-rotate:0; --tw-skew-x:0; --tw-skew-y:0; --tw-scale-x:1; --tw-scale-y:1; --tw-transform:translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-ring-offset-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow-colored:0 0 transparent; --tw-blur:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-saturate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-sepia:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter:var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-ordinal:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-slashed-zero:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-font-variant-numeric:var(--tw-ordinal) var(--tw-slashed-zero) var(--tw-numeric-figure) var(--tw-numeric-spacing) var(--tw-numeric-fraction); font-weight: 600; background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">1. The Jessie Liu memo: </span>Shortly before withdrawing the nomination of the former D.C. U.S. attorney for a top Treasury role, the president reviewed a memo on Liu's alleged misdeeds, according to a source with direct knowledge.</font></p><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid currentcolor; --tw-translate-x:0; --tw-translate-y:0; --tw-rotate:0; --tw-skew-x:0; --tw-skew-y:0; --tw-scale-x:1; --tw-scale-y:1; --tw-transform:translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-ring-offset-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow-colored:0 0 transparent; --tw-blur:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-saturate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-sepia:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter:var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-ordinal:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-slashed-zero:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-font-variant-numeric:var(--tw-ordinal) var(--tw-slashed-zero) var(--tw-numeric-figure) var(--tw-numeric-spacing) var(--tw-numeric-fraction); list-style: url(" https="https" static.axios.com="static.axios.com" img="img" axios-site="axios-site" bullet-filled.svg="bullet-filled.svg" none="none" margin="margin" rem="rem" px="px" padding="padding" font-family="font-family" atiza="Atiza" ui-serif="ui-serif" georgia="Georgia" cambria="Cambria" times="Times" new="New" roman="Roman" serif="serif" font-size="font-size" color="color" rgb="rgb"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid currentcolor; --tw-translate-x:0; --tw-translate-y:0; --tw-rotate:0; --tw-skew-x:0; --tw-skew-y:0; --tw-scale-x:1; --tw-scale-y:1; --tw-transform:translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-ring-offset-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow-colored:0 0 transparent; --tw-blur:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-saturate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-sepia:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter:var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-ordinal:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-slashed-zero:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-font-variant-numeric:var(--tw-ordinal) var(--tw-slashed-zero) var(--tw-numeric-figure) var(--tw-numeric-spacing) var(--tw-numeric-fraction); padding-left: 0.5rem; margin-top: 1.5rem; margin-bottom: 0.75rem;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Ledeen wrote the memo, and its findings left a striking impression on Trump, per sources with direct knowledge. Ledeen declined to comment.</font></span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid currentcolor; --tw-translate-x:0; --tw-translate-y:0; --tw-rotate:0; --tw-skew-x:0; --tw-skew-y:0; --tw-scale-x:1; --tw-scale-y:1; --tw-transform:translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-ring-offset-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow-colored:0 0 transparent; --tw-blur:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-saturate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-sepia:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter:var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-ordinal:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-slashed-zero:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-font-variant-numeric:var(--tw-ordinal) var(--tw-slashed-zero) var(--tw-numeric-figure) var(--tw-numeric-spacing) var(--tw-numeric-fraction); padding-left: 0.5rem; margin-top: 1.5rem; margin-bottom: 0.75rem;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">A source with direct knowledge of the memo's contents said it<b> contained 14 sections building a case for why Liu was unfit for the job for which Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin selected her, including:</b></font></li><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid currentcolor; --tw-translate-x:0; --tw-translate-y:0; --tw-rotate:0; --tw-skew-x:0; --tw-skew-y:0; --tw-scale-x:1; --tw-scale-y:1; --tw-transform:translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-ring-offset-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow-colored:0 0 transparent; --tw-blur:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-saturate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-sepia:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter:var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-ordinal:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-slashed-zero:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-font-variant-numeric:var(--tw-ordinal) var(--tw-slashed-zero) var(--tw-numeric-figure) var(--tw-numeric-spacing) var(--tw-numeric-fraction); list-style: url(" https="https" static.axios.com="static.axios.com" img="img" axios-site="axios-site" bullet-outlined.svg="bullet-outlined.svg" none="none" margin="margin" rem="rem" px="px" padding="padding" font-size="font-size"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid currentcolor; --tw-translate-x:0; --tw-translate-y:0; --tw-rotate:0; --tw-skew-x:0; --tw-skew-y:0; --tw-scale-x:1; --tw-scale-y:1; --tw-transform:translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-ring-offset-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow-colored:0 0 transparent; --tw-blur:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-saturate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-sepia:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter:var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-ordinal:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-slashed-zero:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-font-variant-numeric:var(--tw-ordinal) var(--tw-slashed-zero) var(--tw-numeric-figure) var(--tw-numeric-spacing) var(--tw-numeric-fraction); padding-left: 0.5rem; margin-top: 1.5rem; margin-bottom: 0.75rem;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Not acting on criminal referrals of some of Justice Brett Kavanaugh's accusers.</font></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid currentcolor; --tw-translate-x:0; --tw-translate-y:0; --tw-rotate:0; --tw-skew-x:0; --tw-skew-y:0; --tw-scale-x:1; --tw-scale-y:1; --tw-transform:translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-ring-offset-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow-colored:0 0 transparent; --tw-blur:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-saturate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-sepia:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter:var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-ordinal:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-slashed-zero:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-font-variant-numeric:var(--tw-ordinal) var(--tw-slashed-zero) var(--tw-numeric-figure) var(--tw-numeric-spacing) var(--tw-numeric-fraction); padding-left: 0.5rem; margin-top: 1.5rem; margin-bottom: 0.75rem;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Signing "the sentencing filing asking for jail time" for Gen. Michael Flynn (a friend of Ledeen's).</font></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid currentcolor; --tw-translate-x:0; --tw-translate-y:0; --tw-rotate:0; --tw-skew-x:0; --tw-skew-y:0; --tw-scale-x:1; --tw-scale-y:1; --tw-transform:translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-ring-offset-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow-colored:0 0 transparent; --tw-blur:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-saturate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-sepia:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter:var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-ordinal:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-slashed-zero:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-font-variant-numeric:var(--tw-ordinal) var(--tw-slashed-zero) var(--tw-numeric-figure) var(--tw-numeric-spacing) var(--tw-numeric-fraction); padding-left: 0.5rem; margin-top: 1.5rem; margin-bottom: 0.75rem;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Holding a leadership role in a women's lawyers networking group that Ledeen criticized as "pro-choice and anti-Alito."</font></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid currentcolor; --tw-translate-x:0; --tw-translate-y:0; --tw-rotate:0; --tw-skew-x:0; --tw-skew-y:0; --tw-scale-x:1; --tw-scale-y:1; --tw-transform:translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-ring-offset-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow-colored:0 0 transparent; --tw-blur:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-saturate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-sepia:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter:var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-ordinal:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-slashed-zero:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-font-variant-numeric:var(--tw-ordinal) var(--tw-slashed-zero) var(--tw-numeric-figure) var(--tw-numeric-spacing) var(--tw-numeric-fraction); padding-left: 0.5rem; margin-top: 1.5rem; margin-bottom: 0.75rem;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Not indicting former deputy director of the FBI Andrew McCabe.</font></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid currentcolor; --tw-translate-x:0; --tw-translate-y:0; --tw-rotate:0; --tw-skew-x:0; --tw-skew-y:0; --tw-scale-x:1; --tw-scale-y:1; --tw-transform:translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-ring-offset-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow-colored:0 0 transparent; --tw-blur:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-saturate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-sepia:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter:var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-ordinal:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-slashed-zero:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-font-variant-numeric:var(--tw-ordinal) var(--tw-slashed-zero) var(--tw-numeric-figure) var(--tw-numeric-spacing) var(--tw-numeric-fraction); padding-left: 0.5rem; margin-top: 1.5rem;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Dismissing charges against "violent inauguration protesters who plotted to disrupt the inauguration."</font></li></ul><li style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid currentcolor; --tw-translate-x:0; --tw-translate-y:0; --tw-rotate:0; --tw-skew-x:0; --tw-skew-y:0; --tw-scale-x:1; --tw-scale-y:1; --tw-transform:translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-ring-offset-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow-colored:0 0 transparent; --tw-blur:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-saturate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-sepia:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter:var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-ordinal:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-slashed-zero:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-font-variant-numeric:var(--tw-ordinal) var(--tw-slashed-zero) var(--tw-numeric-figure) var(--tw-numeric-spacing) var(--tw-numeric-fraction); padding-left: 0.5rem; margin-top: 1.5rem;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Neither Liu nor the White House responded to requests for comment.</font></li></ul><p style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid currentcolor; --tw-translate-x:0; --tw-translate-y:0; --tw-rotate:0; --tw-skew-x:0; --tw-skew-y:0; --tw-scale-x:1; --tw-scale-y:1; --tw-transform:translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-ring-offset-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow-colored:0 0 transparent; --tw-blur:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-saturate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-sepia:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter:var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-ordinal:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-slashed-zero:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-font-variant-numeric:var(--tw-ordinal) var(--tw-slashed-zero) var(--tw-numeric-figure) var(--tw-numeric-spacing) var(--tw-numeric-fraction); margin: 1.5rem 0px; font-family: Atiza, ui-serif, Georgia, Cambria, " times="Times" new="New" roman="Roman" serif="serif" font-size="font-size" rem="rem" color="color" rgb="rgb"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid currentcolor; --tw-translate-x:0; --tw-translate-y:0; --tw-rotate:0; --tw-skew-x:0; --tw-skew-y:0; --tw-scale-x:1; --tw-scale-y:1; --tw-transform:translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-ring-offset-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow-colored:0 0 transparent; --tw-blur:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-saturate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-sepia:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter:var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-ordinal:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-slashed-zero:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-font-variant-numeric:var(--tw-ordinal) var(--tw-slashed-zero) var(--tw-numeric-figure) var(--tw-numeric-spacing) var(--tw-numeric-fraction); font-weight: 600;">Between the lines: </span>The Liu memo is not the first such memo to reach the president's desk — and there's a common thread in Groundswell, a conservative activist network that's headed by Thomas and whose members include Ledeen.</font></p><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid currentcolor; --tw-translate-x:0; --tw-translate-y:0; --tw-rotate:0; --tw-skew-x:0; --tw-skew-y:0; --tw-scale-x:1; --tw-scale-y:1; --tw-transform:translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-ring-offset-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow-colored:0 0 transparent; --tw-blur:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-saturate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-sepia:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter:var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-ordinal:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-slashed-zero:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-font-variant-numeric:var(--tw-ordinal) var(--tw-slashed-zero) var(--tw-numeric-figure) var(--tw-numeric-spacing) var(--tw-numeric-fraction); list-style: url(" https="https" static.axios.com="static.axios.com" img="img" axios-site="axios-site" bullet-filled.svg="bullet-filled.svg" none="none" margin="margin" rem="rem" px="px" padding="padding" font-family="font-family" atiza="Atiza" ui-serif="ui-serif" georgia="Georgia" cambria="Cambria" times="Times" new="New" roman="Roman" serif="serif" font-size="font-size" color="color" rgb="rgb"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid currentcolor; --tw-translate-x:0; --tw-translate-y:0; --tw-rotate:0; --tw-skew-x:0; --tw-skew-y:0; --tw-scale-x:1; --tw-scale-y:1; --tw-transform:translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-ring-offset-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow-colored:0 0 transparent; --tw-blur:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-saturate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-sepia:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter:var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-ordinal:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-slashed-zero:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-font-variant-numeric:var(--tw-ordinal) var(--tw-slashed-zero) var(--tw-numeric-figure) var(--tw-numeric-spacing) var(--tw-numeric-fraction); padding-left: 0.5rem; margin-top: 1.5rem;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Sources leaked me details of two other memos from people associated with the Groundswell network that also caused a stir inside the White House over the past year.</font></li></ul><p style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid currentcolor; --tw-translate-x:0; --tw-translate-y:0; --tw-rotate:0; --tw-skew-x:0; --tw-skew-y:0; --tw-scale-x:1; --tw-scale-y:1; --tw-transform:translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-ring-offset-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow-colored:0 0 transparent; --tw-blur:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-saturate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-sepia:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter:var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-ordinal:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-slashed-zero:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-font-variant-numeric:var(--tw-ordinal) var(--tw-slashed-zero) var(--tw-numeric-figure) var(--tw-numeric-spacing) var(--tw-numeric-fraction); margin: 1.5rem 0px; font-family: Atiza, ui-serif, Georgia, Cambria, " times="Times" new="New" roman="Roman" serif="serif" font-size="font-size" rem="rem" color="color" rgb="rgb"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid currentcolor; --tw-translate-x:0; --tw-translate-y:0; --tw-rotate:0; --tw-skew-x:0; --tw-skew-y:0; --tw-scale-x:1; --tw-scale-y:1; --tw-transform:translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-ring-offset-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow-colored:0 0 transparent; --tw-blur:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-saturate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-sepia:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter:var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-ordinal:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-slashed-zero:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-font-variant-numeric:var(--tw-ordinal) var(--tw-slashed-zero) var(--tw-numeric-figure) var(--tw-numeric-spacing) var(--tw-numeric-fraction); font-weight: 600;">Thomas has spent a significant amount of time and energy</span> urging Trump administration officials to change the personnel inside his government. This came to a head early last year.</font></p><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid currentcolor; --tw-translate-x:0; --tw-translate-y:0; --tw-rotate:0; --tw-skew-x:0; --tw-skew-y:0; --tw-scale-x:1; --tw-scale-y:1; --tw-transform:translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-ring-offset-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow-colored:0 0 transparent; --tw-blur:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-saturate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-sepia:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter:var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-ordinal:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-slashed-zero:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-font-variant-numeric:var(--tw-ordinal) var(--tw-slashed-zero) var(--tw-numeric-figure) var(--tw-numeric-spacing) var(--tw-numeric-fraction); list-style: url(" https="https" static.axios.com="static.axios.com" img="img" axios-site="axios-site" bullet-filled.svg="bullet-filled.svg" none="none" margin="margin" rem="rem" px="px" padding="padding" font-family="font-family" atiza="Atiza" ui-serif="ui-serif" georgia="Georgia" cambria="Cambria" times="Times" new="New" roman="Roman" serif="serif" font-size="font-size" color="color" rgb="rgb"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid currentcolor; --tw-translate-x:0; --tw-translate-y:0; --tw-rotate:0; --tw-skew-x:0; --tw-skew-y:0; --tw-scale-x:1; --tw-scale-y:1; --tw-transform:translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-ring-offset-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow-colored:0 0 transparent; --tw-blur:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-saturate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-sepia:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter:var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-ordinal:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-slashed-zero:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-font-variant-numeric:var(--tw-ordinal) var(--tw-slashed-zero) var(--tw-numeric-figure) var(--tw-numeric-spacing) var(--tw-numeric-fraction); padding-left: 0.5rem; margin-top: 1.5rem; margin-bottom: 0.75rem;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Members of <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Groundswell" data-vars-click-url="https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/07/groundswell-rightwing-group-ginni-thomas/" data-vars-content-id="ce5be95f-2418-433d-b036-2bf41c9700c3" data-vars-headline="Exclusive: Trump's " deep="Deep" state="State" hit="hit" list="list" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/07/groundswell-rightwing-group-ginni-thomas/" target="blank" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid currentcolor; --tw-translate-x:0; --tw-translate-y:0; --tw-rotate:0; --tw-skew-x:0; --tw-skew-y:0; --tw-scale-x:1; --tw-scale-y:1; --tw-transform:translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-ring-offset-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow-colored:0 0 transparent; --tw-blur:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-saturate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-sepia:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter:var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-ordinal:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-slashed-zero:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-font-variant-numeric:var(--tw-ordinal) var(--tw-slashed-zero) var(--tw-numeric-figure) var(--tw-numeric-spacing) var(--tw-numeric-fraction); --tw-text-opacity:1;">Groundswell</a>, whose members earlier led the successful campaign to remove McMaster as national security adviser, meet on Wednesdays in the D.C. offices of Judicial Watch, a conservative legal group that has led the fight against the Mueller probe.</font></span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid currentcolor; --tw-translate-x:0; --tw-translate-y:0; --tw-rotate:0; --tw-skew-x:0; --tw-skew-y:0; --tw-scale-x:1; --tw-scale-y:1; --tw-transform:translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-ring-offset-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow-colored:0 0 transparent; --tw-blur:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-saturate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-sepia:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter:var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-ordinal:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-slashed-zero:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-font-variant-numeric:var(--tw-ordinal) var(--tw-slashed-zero) var(--tw-numeric-figure) var(--tw-numeric-spacing) var(--tw-numeric-fraction); padding-left: 0.5rem; margin-top: 1.5rem; margin-bottom: 0.75rem;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Judicial Watch's president is Tom Fitton. He's a regular on Fox News, and Trump regularly retweets his commentary on the "Deep State."</font></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid currentcolor; --tw-translate-x:0; --tw-translate-y:0; --tw-rotate:0; --tw-skew-x:0; --tw-skew-y:0; --tw-scale-x:1; --tw-scale-y:1; --tw-transform:translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-ring-offset-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow-colored:0 0 transparent; --tw-blur:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-saturate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-sepia:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter:var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-ordinal:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-slashed-zero:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-font-variant-numeric:var(--tw-ordinal) var(--tw-slashed-zero) var(--tw-numeric-figure) var(--tw-numeric-spacing) var(--tw-numeric-fraction); padding-left: 0.5rem; margin-top: 1.5rem; margin-bottom: 0.75rem;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Conservative activists who attend Groundswell meetings funneled names to Thomas, and she compiled those recommendations and passed them along to the president, according to a source close to her.</font></span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid currentcolor; --tw-translate-x:0; --tw-translate-y:0; --tw-rotate:0; --tw-skew-x:0; --tw-skew-y:0; --tw-scale-x:1; --tw-scale-y:1; --tw-transform:translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-ring-offset-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow-colored:0 0 transparent; --tw-blur:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-saturate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-sepia:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter:var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-ordinal:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-slashed-zero:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-font-variant-numeric:var(--tw-ordinal) var(--tw-slashed-zero) var(--tw-numeric-figure) var(--tw-numeric-spacing) var(--tw-numeric-fraction); padding-left: 0.5rem; margin-top: 1.5rem;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">S<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">he handed a memo of names directly to the president in early 2019. (The New York Times <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="reported" data-vars-click-url="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/26/us/politics/trump-ginni-thomas-meeting.html" data-vars-content-id="ce5be95f-2418-433d-b036-2bf41c9700c3" data-vars-headline="Exclusive: Trump's " deep="Deep" state="State" hit="hit" list="list" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/26/us/politics/trump-ginni-thomas-meeting.html" target="blank" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid currentcolor; --tw-translate-x:0; --tw-translate-y:0; --tw-rotate:0; --tw-skew-x:0; --tw-skew-y:0; --tw-scale-x:1; --tw-scale-y:1; --tw-transform:translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-ring-offset-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow-colored:0 0 transparent; --tw-blur:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-saturate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-sepia:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter:var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-ordinal:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-slashed-zero:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-font-variant-numeric:var(--tw-ordinal) var(--tw-slashed-zero) var(--tw-numeric-figure) var(--tw-numeric-spacing) var(--tw-numeric-fraction); --tw-text-opacity:1;">reported</a> on her group's meeting with Trump at the time.)</span></font></li></ul><p style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid currentcolor; --tw-translate-x:0; --tw-translate-y:0; --tw-rotate:0; --tw-skew-x:0; --tw-skew-y:0; --tw-scale-x:1; --tw-scale-y:1; --tw-transform:translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-ring-offset-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow-colored:0 0 transparent; --tw-blur:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-saturate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-sepia:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter:var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-ordinal:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-slashed-zero:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-font-variant-numeric:var(--tw-ordinal) var(--tw-slashed-zero) var(--tw-numeric-figure) var(--tw-numeric-spacing) var(--tw-numeric-fraction); margin: 1.5rem 0px; font-family: Atiza, ui-serif, Georgia, Cambria, " times="Times" new="New" roman="Roman" serif="serif" font-size="font-size" rem="rem" color="color" rgb="rgb"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid currentcolor; --tw-translate-x:0; --tw-translate-y:0; --tw-rotate:0; --tw-skew-x:0; --tw-skew-y:0; --tw-scale-x:1; --tw-scale-y:1; --tw-transform:translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-ring-offset-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow-colored:0 0 transparent; --tw-blur:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-saturate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-sepia:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter:var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-ordinal:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-slashed-zero:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-font-variant-numeric:var(--tw-ordinal) var(--tw-slashed-zero) var(--tw-numeric-figure) var(--tw-numeric-spacing) var(--tw-numeric-fraction); font-weight: 600;">2. The Groundswell memo: </span>The presidential personnel office reviewed Thomas' memo and determined that some names she passed along for jobs were not appropriate candidates. Trump may revisit some given his current mood.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid currentcolor; --tw-translate-x:0; --tw-translate-y:0; --tw-rotate:0; --tw-skew-x:0; --tw-skew-y:0; --tw-scale-x:1; --tw-scale-y:1; --tw-transform:translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-ring-offset-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow-colored:0 0 transparent; --tw-blur:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-saturate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-sepia:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter:var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-ordinal:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-slashed-zero:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-font-variant-numeric:var(--tw-ordinal) var(--tw-slashed-zero) var(--tw-numeric-figure) var(--tw-numeric-spacing) var(--tw-numeric-fraction); margin: 1.5rem 0px; font-family: Atiza, ui-serif, Georgia, Cambria, " times="Times" new="New" roman="Roman" serif="serif" font-size="font-size" rem="rem" color="color" rgb="rgb"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Potential hires she offered to Trump, per sources with direct knowledge:</font></span></p><span id="midStoryAd" data-ad-status="AD" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid currentcolor; --tw-translate-x:0; --tw-translate-y:0; --tw-rotate:0; --tw-skew-x:0; --tw-skew-y:0; --tw-scale-x:1; --tw-scale-y:1; --tw-transform:translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); 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border: 0px solid currentcolor; --tw-translate-x:0; --tw-translate-y:0; --tw-rotate:0; --tw-skew-x:0; --tw-skew-y:0; --tw-scale-x:1; --tw-scale-y:1; --tw-transform:translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-ring-offset-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow-colored:0 0 transparent; --tw-blur:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-saturate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-sepia:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter:var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-ordinal:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-slashed-zero:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-font-variant-numeric:var(--tw-ordinal) var(--tw-slashed-zero) var(--tw-numeric-figure) var(--tw-numeric-spacing) var(--tw-numeric-fraction); list-style: url(" https="https" static.axios.com="static.axios.com" img="img" axios-site="axios-site" bullet-filled.svg="bullet-filled.svg" none="none" margin="margin" rem="rem" px="px" padding="padding" font-family="font-family" atiza="Atiza" ui-serif="ui-serif" georgia="Georgia" cambria="Cambria" times="Times" new="New" roman="Roman" serif="serif" font-size="font-size" color="color" rgb="rgb"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid currentcolor; --tw-translate-x:0; --tw-translate-y:0; --tw-rotate:0; --tw-skew-x:0; --tw-skew-y:0; --tw-scale-x:1; --tw-scale-y:1; --tw-transform:translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-ring-offset-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow-colored:0 0 transparent; --tw-blur:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-saturate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-sepia:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter:var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-ordinal:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-slashed-zero:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-font-variant-numeric:var(--tw-ordinal) var(--tw-slashed-zero) var(--tw-numeric-figure) var(--tw-numeric-spacing) var(--tw-numeric-fraction); padding-left: 0.5rem; margin-top: 1.5rem; margin-bottom: 0.75rem;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Sheriff David Clarke for a senior Homeland Security role.</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; 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--tw-slashed-zero:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-font-variant-numeric:var(--tw-ordinal) var(--tw-slashed-zero) var(--tw-numeric-figure) var(--tw-numeric-spacing) var(--tw-numeric-fraction); padding-left: 0.5rem; margin-top: 1.5rem; margin-bottom: 0.75rem;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Fox News regular and former Secret Service agent Dan Bongino for a Homeland Security or counterterrorism adviser role.</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid currentcolor; --tw-translate-x:0; --tw-translate-y:0; --tw-rotate:0; --tw-skew-x:0; --tw-skew-y:0; --tw-scale-x:1; --tw-scale-y:1; --tw-transform:translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-ring-offset-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow-colored:0 0 transparent; --tw-blur:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-saturate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-sepia:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter:var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-ordinal:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-slashed-zero:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-font-variant-numeric:var(--tw-ordinal) var(--tw-slashed-zero) var(--tw-numeric-figure) var(--tw-numeric-spacing) var(--tw-numeric-fraction); padding-left: 0.5rem; margin-top: 1.5rem; margin-bottom: 0.75rem;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Devin Nunes aide Derek Harvey for the National Security Council (where he served before McMaster pushed him out).</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid currentcolor; --tw-translate-x:0; --tw-translate-y:0; --tw-rotate:0; --tw-skew-x:0; --tw-skew-y:0; --tw-scale-x:1; --tw-scale-y:1; --tw-transform:translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-ring-offset-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow-colored:0 0 transparent; --tw-blur:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-saturate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-sepia:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter:var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-ordinal:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-slashed-zero:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-font-variant-numeric:var(--tw-ordinal) var(--tw-slashed-zero) var(--tw-numeric-figure) var(--tw-numeric-spacing) var(--tw-numeric-fraction); padding-left: 0.5rem; margin-top: 1.5rem; margin-bottom: 0.75rem;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Radio talk show host Chris Plante for press secretary.</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid currentcolor; --tw-translate-x:0; --tw-translate-y:0; --tw-rotate:0; --tw-skew-x:0; --tw-skew-y:0; --tw-scale-x:1; --tw-scale-y:1; --tw-transform:translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-ring-offset-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow-colored:0 0 transparent; --tw-blur:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-saturate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-sepia:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter:var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-ordinal:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-slashed-zero:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-font-variant-numeric:var(--tw-ordinal) var(--tw-slashed-zero) var(--tw-numeric-figure) var(--tw-numeric-spacing) var(--tw-numeric-fraction); padding-left: 0.5rem; margin-top: 1.5rem;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Federalist contributor Ben Weingarten for the National Security Council.</span></li></ul><p style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid currentcolor; --tw-translate-x:0; --tw-translate-y:0; --tw-rotate:0; --tw-skew-x:0; --tw-skew-y:0; --tw-scale-x:1; --tw-scale-y:1; --tw-transform:translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-ring-offset-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow-colored:0 0 transparent; --tw-blur:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-saturate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-sepia:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter:var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-ordinal:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-slashed-zero:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-font-variant-numeric:var(--tw-ordinal) var(--tw-slashed-zero) var(--tw-numeric-figure) var(--tw-numeric-spacing) var(--tw-numeric-fraction); margin: 1.5rem 0px; font-family: Atiza, ui-serif, Georgia, Cambria, " times="Times" new="New" roman="Roman" serif="serif" font-size="font-size" rem="rem" color="color" rgb="rgb"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid currentcolor; --tw-translate-x:0; --tw-translate-y:0; --tw-rotate:0; --tw-skew-x:0; --tw-skew-y:0; --tw-scale-x:1; --tw-scale-y:1; --tw-transform:translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-ring-offset-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow-colored:0 0 transparent; --tw-blur:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-saturate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-sepia:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter:var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-ordinal:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-slashed-zero:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-font-variant-numeric:var(--tw-ordinal) var(--tw-slashed-zero) var(--tw-numeric-figure) var(--tw-numeric-spacing) var(--tw-numeric-fraction); font-weight: 600;">What we're hearing: </span>These memos created tension inside the White House, as people close to the president constantly told him his own staff, especially those running personnel, were undermining him — and White House staff countered they were being smeared.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid currentcolor; --tw-translate-x:0; --tw-translate-y:0; --tw-rotate:0; --tw-skew-x:0; --tw-skew-y:0; --tw-scale-x:1; --tw-scale-y:1; --tw-transform:translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-ring-offset-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow-colored:0 0 transparent; --tw-blur:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-saturate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-sepia:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter:var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-ordinal:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-slashed-zero:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-font-variant-numeric:var(--tw-ordinal) var(--tw-slashed-zero) var(--tw-numeric-figure) var(--tw-numeric-spacing) var(--tw-numeric-fraction); margin: 1.5rem 0px; font-family: Atiza, ui-serif, Georgia, Cambria, " times="Times" new="New" roman="Roman" serif="serif" font-size="font-size" rem="rem" color="color" rgb="rgb"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid currentcolor; --tw-translate-x:0; --tw-translate-y:0; --tw-rotate:0; --tw-skew-x:0; --tw-skew-y:0; --tw-scale-x:1; --tw-scale-y:1; --tw-transform:translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-ring-offset-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow-colored:0 0 transparent; --tw-blur:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-saturate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-sepia:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter:var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-ordinal:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-slashed-zero:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-font-variant-numeric:var(--tw-ordinal) var(--tw-slashed-zero) var(--tw-numeric-figure) var(--tw-numeric-spacing) var(--tw-numeric-fraction); font-weight: 600;">3. The State Department memo: </span>In one extraordinary incident last year, President Trump passed along another action memo to his<b> then-head of presidential personnel, Sean Doocey</b> (since pushed to State and replaced with former body man <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="John McEntee" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/johnny-mcentee-white-house-d1c29eee-8b0a-4c4d-8ba4-9355f3c27f4f.html" data-vars-content-id="ce5be95f-2418-433d-b036-2bf41c9700c3" data-vars-headline="Exclusive: Trump's " deep="Deep" state="State" hit="hit" list="list" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/johnny-mcentee-white-house-d1c29eee-8b0a-4c4d-8ba4-9355f3c27f4f.html" target="self" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid currentcolor; --tw-translate-x:0; --tw-translate-y:0; --tw-rotate:0; --tw-skew-x:0; --tw-skew-y:0; --tw-scale-x:1; --tw-scale-y:1; --tw-transform:translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-ring-offset-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow-colored:0 0 transparent; --tw-blur:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-saturate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-sepia:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter:var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-ordinal:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-slashed-zero:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-font-variant-numeric:var(--tw-ordinal) var(--tw-slashed-zero) var(--tw-numeric-figure) var(--tw-numeric-spacing) var(--tw-numeric-fraction); --tw-text-opacity:1;">John McEntee</a>).<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"> People familiar with the January 2019 memo say it came from conservatives associated with Groundswell. Though nobody I’ve spoken to has claimed credit for it.</span></p><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid currentcolor; --tw-translate-x:0; --tw-translate-y:0; --tw-rotate:0; --tw-skew-x:0; --tw-skew-y:0; --tw-scale-x:1; --tw-scale-y:1; --tw-transform:translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-ring-offset-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow-colored:0 0 transparent; --tw-blur:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-saturate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-sepia:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter:var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-ordinal:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-slashed-zero:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-font-variant-numeric:var(--tw-ordinal) var(--tw-slashed-zero) var(--tw-numeric-figure) var(--tw-numeric-spacing) var(--tw-numeric-fraction); list-style: url(" https="https" static.axios.com="static.axios.com" img="img" axios-site="axios-site" bullet-filled.svg="bullet-filled.svg" none="none" margin="margin" rem="rem" px="px" padding="padding" font-family="font-family" atiza="Atiza" ui-serif="ui-serif" georgia="Georgia" cambria="Cambria" times="Times" new="New" roman="Roman" serif="serif" font-size="font-size" color="color" rgb="rgb"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid currentcolor; --tw-translate-x:0; --tw-translate-y:0; --tw-rotate:0; --tw-skew-x:0; --tw-skew-y:0; --tw-scale-x:1; --tw-scale-y:1; --tw-transform:translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-ring-offset-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow-colored:0 0 transparent; --tw-blur:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-saturate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-sepia:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter:var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-ordinal:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-slashed-zero:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-font-variant-numeric:var(--tw-ordinal) var(--tw-slashed-zero) var(--tw-numeric-figure) var(--tw-numeric-spacing) var(--tw-numeric-fraction); padding-left: 0.5rem; margin-top: 1.5rem; margin-bottom: 0.75rem;">According to sources briefed on the incident, the memo was, in large part, an attack against Doocey. The memo accused him and a colleague in the State Department of obstructionism and named several State Department officials who needed to be fired.</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid currentcolor; --tw-translate-x:0; --tw-translate-y:0; --tw-rotate:0; --tw-skew-x:0; --tw-skew-y:0; --tw-scale-x:1; --tw-scale-y:1; --tw-transform:translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-ring-offset-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow-colored:0 0 transparent; --tw-blur:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-saturate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-sepia:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter:var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-ordinal:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-slashed-zero:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-font-variant-numeric:var(--tw-ordinal) var(--tw-slashed-zero) var(--tw-numeric-figure) var(--tw-numeric-spacing) var(--tw-numeric-fraction); padding-left: 0.5rem; margin-top: 1.5rem; margin-bottom: 0.75rem;">This list named former deputy secretary John Sullivan, deputy undersecretary for management Bill Todd, and undersecretary for political affairs David Hale, who later testified in the impeachment hearings. (Todd and Hale are career foreign service officers, serving in positions typically reserved for career officials.) Sullivan is now the U.S. Ambassador to Russia.</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid currentcolor; --tw-translate-x:0; --tw-translate-y:0; --tw-rotate:0; --tw-skew-x:0; --tw-skew-y:0; --tw-scale-x:1; --tw-scale-y:1; --tw-transform:translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-ring-offset-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow-colored:0 0 transparent; --tw-blur:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-saturate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-sepia:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter:var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-ordinal:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-slashed-zero:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-font-variant-numeric:var(--tw-ordinal) var(--tw-slashed-zero) var(--tw-numeric-figure) var(--tw-numeric-spacing) var(--tw-numeric-fraction); padding-left: 0.5rem; margin-top: 1.5rem; margin-bottom: 0.75rem;">The memo ended with an allegation that Doocey had sneakily changed the name of an appointment Trump had already agreed on, swapping out Mira Ricardel for Sean Cairncross to run the Millennium Challenge Corporation.</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid currentcolor; --tw-translate-x:0; --tw-translate-y:0; --tw-rotate:0; --tw-skew-x:0; --tw-skew-y:0; --tw-scale-x:1; --tw-scale-y:1; --tw-transform:translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-ring-offset-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow-colored:0 0 transparent; --tw-blur:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-saturate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-sepia:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter:var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-ordinal:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-slashed-zero:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-font-variant-numeric:var(--tw-ordinal) var(--tw-slashed-zero) var(--tw-numeric-figure) var(--tw-numeric-spacing) var(--tw-numeric-fraction); padding-left: 0.5rem; margin-top: 1.5rem;">Sources briefed on the matter say this particular charge was false on its face because Cairncross was nominated in January 2018, months before Ricardel was briefly discussed as an alternative, per sources with direct knowledge.</li></ul><p style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid currentcolor; --tw-translate-x:0; --tw-translate-y:0; --tw-rotate:0; --tw-skew-x:0; --tw-skew-y:0; --tw-scale-x:1; --tw-scale-y:1; --tw-transform:translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-ring-offset-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow-colored:0 0 transparent; --tw-blur:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-saturate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-sepia:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter:var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-ordinal:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-slashed-zero:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-font-variant-numeric:var(--tw-ordinal) var(--tw-slashed-zero) var(--tw-numeric-figure) var(--tw-numeric-spacing) var(--tw-numeric-fraction); margin: 1.5rem 0px; font-family: Atiza, ui-serif, Georgia, Cambria, " times="Times" new="New" roman="Roman" serif="serif" font-size="font-size" rem="rem" color="color" rgb="rgb"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid currentcolor; --tw-translate-x:0; --tw-translate-y:0; --tw-rotate:0; --tw-skew-x:0; --tw-skew-y:0; --tw-scale-x:1; --tw-scale-y:1; --tw-transform:translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-ring-offset-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow:0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow-colored:0 0 transparent; --tw-blur:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-grayscale:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-saturate:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-sepia:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter:var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-ordinal:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-slashed-zero:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-figure:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-spacing:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-numeric-fraction:var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-font-variant-numeric:var(--tw-ordinal) var(--tw-slashed-zero) var(--tw-numeric-figure) var(--tw-numeric-spacing) var(--tw-numeric-fraction); font-weight: 600;">The bottom line:</span> As the New York Times' Peter Baker <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="wrote" data-vars-click-url="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/22/us/politics/trump-disloyalty-turnover.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage" data-vars-content-id="ce5be95f-2418-433d-b036-2bf41c9700c3" data-vars-headline="Exclusive: Trump's " deep="Deep" state="State" hit="hit" list="list" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/22/us/politics/trump-disloyalty-turnover.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage" target="_blank" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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Its members have been working toward this moment for three years. They have lists. They have memos. And they have the president's ear.</li></ul></div><div><div>=</div><div>
</div><div><a href="https://www.salon.com/2020/02/24/ginni-thomas-reportedly-leading-purge-of-disloyal-trump-aides/">https://www.salon.com/<b>2020/02</b>/24/ginni-thomas-reportedly-leading-purge-of-disloyal-trump-aides/</a></div><div>
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</div><div>a group led by Ginni Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, is driving a White House effort to purge government officials seen as "disloyal" to President Donald Trump and replace them with vocal supporters who regularly appear on Fox News, according to Axios.</div><div>
</div><div><b>Trump recently rehired Johnny McEntee, a 29-year-old personal aide to Trump who was abruptly fired in 2018 amid an investigation over "serious financial crimes," to lead the presidential personnel office and purge officials believed to be "anti-Trump</b>," Axios reported last week.</div><div>
</div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">This effort has apparently been in the works since at least 2018, when Thomas' group Groundswell submitted a number of memos urging the firing of so-called "Never Trump" and "Deep State" officials as aides complained that the government was filled with "snakes," according to the report.</span></div><div>
</div><div><b>Thomas has spent a "significant amount of time and energy" urging White House officials to pursue the purge,</b> the outlet reported.</div><div>
</div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">Trump recently abruptly withdrew the nomination of Jessie Liu, the former U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, to a top Treasury Department role after a memo from Thomas' group alleged that she was "unfit for the job.</span>"<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"> The memo argued that Liu should be removed because she did not act on "criminal referrals of some of Justice Brett Kavanaugh's accusers," had signed a sentencing memo recommending prison time for former national security adviser Michael Flynn, and had not sought to indict former acting FBI director Andrew McCabe.</span></div><div>
</div><div><b>The memo was authored by Barbara Ledeen, a longtime Republican Senate staffer and close friend of Flynn. Ledeen was involved in the Trump campaign's efforts to obtain stolen Hillary Clinton emails and <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">was named extensively throughout former special counsel Bob Mueller's report.</span></b></div><div>
</div><div><b>Another memo urged the firing of numerous State Department officials accused of undermining Trump, including top U.S. diplomat David Hale, who later testified in the impeachment inquiry.</b></div><div><b>
</b></div><div><b>The group also previously led a successful effort to oust former national security adviser H.R. McMaster, who replaced Flynn.</b></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">
</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">A third memo obtained by Axios showed that the group recommended the administration hire a number of Trump loyalists, including many who had touted his supposed accomplishments in appearances on Fox News.</span></div><div>
</div><div>The memo recommended former Milwaukee sheriff David Clarke, a frequent guest on the network, for a senior Department of Homeland Security position and suggested Fox News regular Dan Bongino, a former Secret Service agent who has repeatedly run for office without success, for a post as counterterrorism adviser or in Homeland Security.</div><div>
</div><div><b>The memo also urged the White House to<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"> add Derek Harvey, a longtime aide to Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., who was reportedly involved in efforts to discredit the Russia investigation</span></b><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">, Trump's pressure campaign on Ukrainian officials and attempts to leak the Ukraine whistleblower's name, to the National Security Council.</span> Indeed, Harvey briefly held a position there before he was ousted by McMaster. Groundswell also recommended Ben Weingarten, a Trump supporter who writes for the far-right Federalist, for the National Security Council.</div><div>
</div><div><b>Chris Plante, a right-wing radio host who has attacked women who have accused Trump of rape and sexual assault on Fox News, should be the White House press secretary, </b>the memo argued.</div><div>
</div><div>The memos were written after conservative activists "funneled names" to Thomas during meetings at the offices of Judicial Watch, a conservative legal activist group headed by frequent Fox News guest Tom Fitton.</div><div>
</div><div>The group's meetings with Trump were first reported by The New York Times in January 2019, when the group complained that officials were blocking Trump supporters from jobs in the administration. <b>Though the administration acted on some of the group's recommendations, efforts to purge the executive branch of officials seen as disloyal have apparently gained steam since Trump's acquittal in the Senate impeachment trial.</b></div><div>
</div><div>McEntee will report directly to the president and has already ordered a freeze on all political appointments while he identifies officials he feels should be removed. He also informed Cabinet secretaries that the White House would select all their deputies moving forward, according to the Times.</div><div>
</div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">These moves come as Trump ousted the acting director of national intelligence, Joseph Maguire, over a dispute about an intelligence briefing warning that Russia would try to help Trump in the 2020 election</span>. <b>The ouster came after Trump purged dozens of experts from the National Security Council staff, including <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman,</span> who testified against Trump during the impeachment inquiry. Vindman was ousted on the same day as EU ambassador Gordon Sondland, who also testified in the probe. Other officials involved in the impeachment inquiry have similarly been ousted.</b></div><div>
</div><div><b>This purge comes in an administration which has already seen 82% more turnover in its first three years than any of the previous five presidents in their full first terms, </b>according to data by the Brookings Institution's Kathryn Dunn Tenpas. With countless positions filled in an "acting" capacity, Trump is already on his third chief of staff, his fourth national security adviser and defense secretary, his fifth Homeland Security secretary, and his seventh communications director. Nearly 40% of senior administration positions have seen two or more replacements, according to the data.</div><div><b>
</b></div><div><b>"Trump appears to be launching the biggest assault on the nation's civil service system since the 1883 Pendleton Act ended the spoils system,"</b> New York University professor Paul Light told the Times.</div><div>
</div><div><b>"Many key departments and White House entities have been hollowed out," a</b>dded Tenpas.<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"> "He seems completely unbothered. He claims that 'actings' give him flexibility, but fails to see that temporary leaders cannot advance his policies nearly as well as a Senate-confirmed appointee who has the stature and all the powers to do so."</span></div></div><div>=</div><div>
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</div><div><b>Ginni Thomas’ suggested hires included known bigots and at least one suspected foreign spy, sources say.</b></div><div><font style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><b>Asawin Suebsaeng</b></font></div><div>
</div><div>Senior Political Reporter</div><div>Adam Rawnsley</div><div>
</div><div>Former Senior Researcher</div><div>Updated Apr. 02, 2022 </div><div>
</div><div><font style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Years before she became one of then-President Donald Trump’s most prominent coup supporters, Ginni Thomas was already notorious in his West Wing for, among other things, ruining staffers’ afternoons by working Trump into fits of vengeful rage.</font></div><div><font style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">
</font></div><div><font style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">“We all knew that within minutes after Ginni left her meeting with the president, he would start yelling about firing people for being disloyal,” said a former senior Trump administration official. “When Ginni Thomas showed up, you knew your day was wrecked.”</font></div><div>
</div><div>Ever since she became a welcome guest at Trump’s residences, Thomas—an influential and longtime conservative activist, and wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas—had perfected a proven formula of enthralling and manipulating the president’s emotions and mood. On multiple occasions throughout the Trump era, Thomas would show up in the White House, sometimes for a private meeting or a luncheon with the president. <b>She often came armed with written memos of who she and her allies believed Trump should hire for plum jobs—and who she thought Trump should promptly purge—that she distributed to Trump and other high-ranking government officials.</b></div><div>
</div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">The fire lists were particularly problematic, as they were frequently based on pure conjecture, rumor, or score-settling, where even steadfastly MAGA aides were targeted for being part of the “Deep State” or some other supposedly anti-Trump coalition, according to people who saw them during the Trump administration.<b> </b></span><b>The hire lists were so often filled with infamous bigots and conspiracy theorists, woefully under-qualified names, and obvious close friends of Thomas that several senior Trump aides would laugh at them—that is, until Trump would force his staff to put certain names through the official vetting process, three sources familiar with the matter said.</b></div><div>
</div><div>“These fucking lists were so insane and unworkable.”</div><div>— one former Trump White House official</div><div>
</div><div><font style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">During the Trump years, these memos would astonish various administration officials, including those working in the White House Presidential Personnel Office (PPO). Some of these officials noticed that as the Trump term went on, the Thomas lists would increasingly feature a disproportionate share of names more suited to an OAN guest line-up than any functional government. (To be fair, well before Ginni Thomas became a recurring visitor, Trump would routinely hire people because they had entertained or excited him, via Fox and other cable-news appearances.)</font></div><div>
</div><div><b>Officials in the PPO regularly annotated the margins of Thomas’ hire lists, usually including a single line for each rejected name, explaining why the prospective hires did not work out. Some failed background checks, or suffered from security-clearance hold-ups. Other annotations noted that a specific individual was offered a job in the Trump administration, but turned it down for whatever reason.</b></div><div>
</div><div><font style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Sometimes, the reasons for the White House’s preemptive rejection, despite Thomas and Trump’s best efforts, were more outlandish. According to a person who reviewed one of the Thomas lists, one annotation for a MAGA job candidate noted that that individual had made too many extreme or offensive jokes on social media that were still visible.</font></div><div>
</div><div><b>Another of these annotations claimed that one recommendation for a Trump administration position was, in fact, a suspected foreign-intelligence asset, or spy.</b></div><div><b>
</b></div><div><b>Thomas did not respond to requests for comment on this story.</b></div><div><font style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">
</font></div><div><font style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Over the years, some of the specific names that Thomas had compiled and pushed to Trump and his West Wing have trickled out into the press. Among them were Fox News personality Dan Bongino, and the Trump-adulating Sheriff David Clarke.</font></div><div><font style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">
</font></div><div><font style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">And according to two sources with knowledge of the matter, Thomas had, unsuccessfully, advised the then-president to hire Frank Gaffney.</font></div><div>
</div><div><b>Gaffney, a former Pentagon official in the Reagan administration, has spent the past two decades embracing some of the more absurd conspiracy theories circulating in the far right. He has accused conservative anti-tax crusader Grover Norquist of being a secret agent for the Muslim Brotherhood </b>and believes that American adversaries are working on secret electrical device-frying “electromagnetic pulse” weapons to zap America back to the pre-industrial age.</div><div>
</div><div>“These fucking lists were so insane and unworkable,” said one former Trump White House official who had to personally deal with the Thomas-supplied memos and Trump’s fascination with them. “A lot of them were dripping with paranoia and read like they were written by a disturbed person.”</div><div>
</div><div><font style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">After Thomas departed, he would soon summon a variety of government personnel—West Wing brass, national security aides, lawyers, and other underlings, depending on proximity or the occasion—to inform them he’d just spoken to “Ginni.”</font></div><div><font style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">
</font></div><div><font style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Trump would then identify an official— or, sometimes, he would rattle off a string of names—who he said needed to be sacked “immediately,” according to people familiar with the matter.</font></div><div>
</div><div><font style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">When they could get away with it, several of these Trump administration hands would slow-walk these Thomas-inspired firing directives, and wait until Trump invariably forgot about it, cooled off, and moved on to other fixations and gripes. Others would scramble to try to calm Trump down themselves, advising their boss to reconsider, telling him that a firing or a larger purge in the middle of the Trump term would make him look bad or attract negative media attention.</font></div><div>
</div><div>Thomas’ interactions with the Trump administration have taken on a new significance since the January 6th House Select Committee released text messages showing her urging Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows to help overturn the 2020 election. Members of the committee are now seeking to interview Thomas, whose efforts to overturn the 2020 election included attendance at a “Stop the Steal” rally on the National Mall the day of the insurrection.</div><div>
</div><div><b>“Trump loved talking to Ginni so much because he loved hearing about who was a Never Trumper, or allegedly one. He loved people who would flatter him, [as Ginni would do],” </b>said Stephanie Grisham, once a top White House aide to Trump who has since had a very public falling-out with the ex-president.<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"> “But also, <b>his obsession with loyalty aside, he just loved to gossip</b>—all the time. That’s something else he got out of his series of meetings at the White House with Ginni Thomas.”</span></div><div>
</div><div><b>In the text messages released by the committee last month, Thomas defended Sidney Powell, the “Kraken” lawyer </b><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">whose election conspiracy theories were so outlandish they earned her a billion-dollar defamation lawsuit, the scorn of rank and file Republican officials, and sanctions from a Michigan court. At the time, a number of Trump aides were trying to distance the president from Powell because of her increasingly outlandish comments about bogus election fraud. Thomas, however, urged Meadows not to yield to mainstream Republicans, </span>according to The New York Times.</div><div><b>
</b></div><div><b>In her texts with Trump’s consigliere, Thomas also showed a fondness for Steve Pieczenik, a far-right pundit and onetime Tom Clancy co-author whose conspiracy theories and bogus claims were so far-fetched even InfoWars briefly booted him from appearing on the network</b>. Before he began pushing the fake stories about watermarked fraud-catching ballots that earned Thomas’ endorsement, Pieczenik had pushed QAnon conspiracy theories, claimed to have arrested Pope Francis, and spun bogus stories about prominent mass shootings being false flags.</div><div>
</div><div>During the Obama administration, Thomas and Gaffney participated in a conservative messaging effort known as “Groundswell.” The group, an informal network of conservative journalists, pundits, and political operatives, routinely met at the offices of the right-wing activist group Judicial Watch to coordinate talking points opposing the Obama administration’s agenda and <b>plot the ouster of allegedly moderate Republicans like Karl Rove from the broader conservative movement.</b></div><div>
</div><div>The revelation of Thomas’ texts with Meadows prompted the January 6th Committee to seek an interview with her, according to CNN, but that effort falls far short of the more legally compelling option of a subpoena.</div><div>
</div><div>In the meantime, Congressional Democrats are divided over how to handle Thomas’ cameo in the Jan. 6 scandal. Some, like Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden, have called for Thomas to recuse himself from Jan. 6-related cases while others like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have called for him to step down or be impeached.</div><div>
</div><div>But the lack of a Democratic supermajority in the Senate means neither of the Thomases are likely to have to give up their jobs just yet.</div></div><div>
</div><div>===</div><div><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-clarence-thomas-wife-ginni-craziest-meeting-white-house-aides-2022-2">https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-clarence-thomas-wife-ginni-craziest-meeting-white-house-aides-2022-2</a></div><div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 2.15rem 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">an aide to former President Donald Trump described a 2019 White House gathering with the then-president and Ginni Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, as the "craziest" meeting he'd ever attended, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/22/magazine/clarence-thomas-ginni-thomas.html" data-analytics-module="body_link" data-analytics-post-depth="40" data-uri="3816c62148f4cbbe452a1f0bb338d8de" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; box-shadow: rgb(9, 111, 250) 0px 1px 0px 0px; transition: all 0.2s ease 0s;">according to The New York Times Magazine</a>.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 2.15rem 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Ginni Thomas, an attorney and conservative activist, has been in the political trenches with right-leaning leaders for decades. Her influence is so valued among conservative activists — and Justice Thomas — that she even came to the White House for what was supposed to be a private lunch between Trump and her husband in 2019, the magazine reported.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 2.15rem 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Leonard Leo, the former executive vice president of the conservative Federalist Society, told the magazine that Trump sought to cultivate a relationship with Justice Thomas once he realized the jurist's immense popularity among the Republican base, creating an opening for Ginni Thomas.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 2.15rem 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The magazine also detailed <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/clarence-thomas-wife-ginni-linked-january-6-rally-overturn-election-2022-2" data-analytics-module="body_link" data-analytics-post-depth="40" data-uri="abd954167a1784240f90526ad4751d9a" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; box-shadow: rgb(9, 111, 250) 0px 1px 0px 0px; transition: all 0.2s ease 0s;">ties between Ginni Thomas and organizers of the Trump rally on January 6, 2021</a>, and her connections to efforts to overturn <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/2020-vs-2016-electoral-college-maps-trump-biden-clinton-president-2020-11" data-analytics-module="body_link" data-analytics-post-depth="40" data-uri="eb6930bd2181843bad363e9f386c6516" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; box-shadow: rgb(9, 111, 250) 0px 1px 0px 0px; transition: all 0.2s ease 0s;">the 2020 election results</a>.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 2.15rem 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">nine former Trump aides and advisors told the magazine that the meetings with Ginni Thomas created confusion among staffers.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 2.15rem 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Several said they were unsure of Ginni Thomas' role and wondered whether she was speaking as an activist or as a paid consultant, and they highlighted her insistence on promoting far-right candidates for positions within the Trump administration, the magazine reported.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 2.15rem 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">An aide told the magazine that Ginni Thomas would say, "Here's what the peeps think," and, "We have to listen to the peeps."</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 2.15rem 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Ginni Thomas' hard-driving style alienated several of the aides so much that they assembled an opposition report on her, the magazine reported, adding that one of the staffers had described her as a "wrecking ball."<span style="text-align: center;"> January 2019, Ginni Thomas met with Trump at the White House alongside members of her conservative group, Groundswell. A Trump aide who spoke with the magazine described the conversation in unflattering terms.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 2.15rem 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">"It was the craziest meeting I've ever been to," he told the magazine. "She started by leading the prayer."</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 2.15rem 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Later, the aide said, attendees spoke disparagingly of "the transsexual agenda" and of parents "chopping off their children's breasts."</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 2.15rem 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The aide said that Trump "tried to rein it in" but that "it was hard to hear" because attendees were praying out loud

some details of the White House meeting later leaked, and Ginni Thomas' advocacy against transgender rights — and the inflammatory language she's used to describe transgender Americans — <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/01/31/is-ginni-thomas-a-threat-to-the-supreme-court" data-analytics-module="body_link" data-analytics-post-depth="100" data-uri="602871eff57b88d3b3c5d477159d321d" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; box-shadow: rgb(9, 111, 250) 0px 1px 0px 0px; transition: all 0.2s ease 0s;">made headlines</a>.</p><div id="google_ads_iframe_/4442842/news/politics/post_7container" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0pt none;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 2.15rem 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">In the meeting, the magazine reported, Ginni Thomas and other attendees also lamented that several conservative candidates for administration roles had been stymied, and they advocated for Trump's personnel office to be swept of so-called Never Trump Republicans.</p><div>===</div><div>
</div><div><a href="https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/05/ginni-thomas-shares-a-soros-conspiracy-meme-creates-more-of-a-mess-for-clarence.html">https://slate.com/news-and-politics/<b>2018/05</b>/ginni-thomas-shares-a-soros-conspiracy-meme-creates-more-of-a-mess-for-clarence.html</a></div><div>
</div><div>salon 5/2018</div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">
</span></div><div><p class="

    slate-paragraph slate-graf" data-word-count="103" data-uri="slate.com/_components/slate-paragraph/instances/cjgwtcoh900466gm8x4kgj8t9@published" style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1.2em;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">ginni Thomas is at it again. On Saturday, the conservative activist and lobbyist—and spouse of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas—shared&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/GinniLThomas/posts/1941699282529581" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102); box-sizing: inherit; cursor: pointer; outline-color: transparent; transition: color 0.12s ease 0s, fill 0.12s ease 0s, border-color 0.12s ease 0s, outline-color 0.12s ease 0s, outline-style 0.12s ease 0s; text-decoration-line: none; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-color: var(--theme-color,#ff0e50);">a meme on her Facebook page</a><b style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">&nbsp;accusing Democrats of engaging in “a silent coup, not just against Trump, but also against the very premises of our constitutional republic.</b><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">” The meme, which came from the Citizens [sic] Mandate, featured an image of </span><b style="background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">George Soros,</b><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"> the liberal donor often&nbsp;</span><a href="https://forward.com/fast-forward/394062/anti-semitic-soros-conspiracy-theory-posted-by-notable-christian-zionist/" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102); box-sizing: inherit; cursor: pointer; outline-color: transparent; transition: color 0.12s ease 0s, fill 0.12s ease 0s, border-color 0.12s ease 0s, outline-color 0.12s ease 0s, outline-style 0.12s ease 0s; text-decoration-line: none; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-color: var(--theme-color,#ff0e50);">at the center</a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">&nbsp;of anti-Semitic conspiracy theories about&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-it-s-not-anti-semitism-if-you-just-hate-the-bad-jews-1.5804871" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102); box-sizing: inherit; cursor: pointer; outline-color: transparent; transition: color 0.12s ease 0s, fill 0.12s ease 0s, border-color 0.12s ease 0s, outline-color 0.12s ease 0s, outline-style 0.12s ease 0s; text-decoration-line: none; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-color: var(--theme-color,#ff0e50);">malign “globalist” machinations</a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">. Americans, the meme declared, “will decide if they want to reward those who are engaged in [the] silent coup” at the ballot box in November.</span></p><p class="
    slate-paragraph slate-graf" data-word-count="79" data-uri="slate.com/_components/slate-paragraph/instances/cjgwtfauk00163i5texhm4hby@published" style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1.2em;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Ginni has long been on the far-right fringe of the conservative movement, but in recent months, she’s escalated her rhetoric against perceived political enemies. She has alleged that President Barack Obama&nbsp;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/GinniLThomas/posts/1858477077518469" style="box-sizing: inherit; cursor: pointer; outline-color: transparent; transition: color 0.12s ease 0s, fill 0.12s ease 0s, border-color 0.12s ease 0s, outline-color 0.12s ease 0s, outline-style 0.12s ease 0s; text-decoration-line: none; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-color: var(--theme-color,#ff0e50);">“rigged” (unsuccessfully) the 2016 election</a>&nbsp;for Hillary Clinton and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/GinniLThomas/posts/1835500956482748" style="box-sizing: inherit; cursor: pointer; outline-color: transparent; transition: color 0.12s ease 0s, fill 0.12s ease 0s, border-color 0.12s ease 0s, outline-color 0.12s ease 0s, outline-style 0.12s ease 0s; text-decoration-line: none; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-color: var(--theme-color,#ff0e50);">that Robert Mueller</a>&nbsp;is “going to fabricate whatever fake scandals [are] needed to take down Trump.</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">” But by sharing this “coup” language, Thomas has taken an aggressive new stance—one that yet again creates thorny ethical issues for her husband.</span></p><p class="
    slate-paragraph slate-graf" data-word-count="79" data-uri="slate.com/_components/slate-paragraph/instances/cjgwtfauk00163i5texhm4hby@published" style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1.2em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">let’s say a 2018 race were contested all the way to SCOTUS. In light of the fact that, as part of her lobbying work, Ginni has claimed that Democrats are engaged in a “coup” that must be thwarted to save “our constitutional republic,” should Clarence Thomas recuse? Under federal law, the answer is likely yes. And if Clarence Thomas served on any other court, Ginni Thomas’ posts might compel him to. But because he sits on the Supreme Court, there is simply no way to make him respect his ethical duties.</p><p class="
    slate-paragraph slate-graf" data-word-count="129" data-uri="slate.com/_components/slate-paragraph/instances/cjgwtfaul00173i5tj5z785tm@published" style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1.2em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">It’s often claimed that Supreme Court justices do not follow any code of ethics, but that’s not quite right. In theory, the justices are supposed to follow the same&nbsp;<a href="http://www.uscourts.gov/judges-judgeships/code-conduct-united-states-judges" style="box-sizing: inherit; cursor: pointer; outline-color: transparent; transition: color 0.12s ease 0s, fill 0.12s ease 0s, border-color 0.12s ease 0s, outline-color 0.12s ease 0s, outline-style 0.12s ease 0s; text-decoration-line: none; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-color: var(--theme-color,#ff0e50);">code of conduct</a>&nbsp;to which all other federal judges must adhere. Moreover, federal statutes governing recusal and financial disclosure apply to all federal judges, including the justices. The problem is one of enforcement: There is currently no mechanism to force the justices to comply with these rules. If a lower court judge improperly declines to recuse herself from a case, a litigant can ask a higher court to adjudicate the dispute. But SCOTUS is, by constitutional command, the highest court in the land. There is thus no higher authority to step in when the justices do not adequately police themselves.</p><p class="
    slate-paragraph slate-graf" data-word-count="116" data-uri="slate.com/_components/slate-paragraph/instances/cjgwtfaum00183i5ttinhdcej@published" style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1.2em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Congress has considered various solutions to this predicament. In 2011, House Democrats pushed&nbsp;<a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/862" style="box-sizing: inherit; cursor: pointer; outline-color: transparent; transition: color 0.12s ease 0s, fill 0.12s ease 0s, border-color 0.12s ease 0s, outline-color 0.12s ease 0s, outline-style 0.12s ease 0s; text-decoration-line: none; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-color: var(--theme-color,#ff0e50);">a bill</a>&nbsp;that would create a new court, made up of judges or justices, to weigh in on SCOTUS recusals. The late Democratic Rep. Louise Slaughter&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/why-don-t-supreme-court-justices-have-ethics-code-n745236" style="box-sizing: inherit; cursor: pointer; outline-color: transparent; transition: color 0.12s ease 0s, fill 0.12s ease 0s, border-color 0.12s ease 0s, outline-color 0.12s ease 0s, outline-style 0.12s ease 0s; text-decoration-line: none; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-color: var(--theme-color,#ff0e50);">repeatedly introduced bills</a>&nbsp;to increase transparency among the justices by declaring them bound to the ethical rules of the federal judiciary. Senate Democrats have&nbsp;<a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/835/text" style="box-sizing: inherit; cursor: pointer; outline-color: transparent; transition: color 0.12s ease 0s, fill 0.12s ease 0s, border-color 0.12s ease 0s, outline-color 0.12s ease 0s, outline-style 0.12s ease 0s; text-decoration-line: none; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-color: var(--theme-color,#ff0e50);">introduced a similar measure</a>&nbsp;that would obligate the justices to follow the judicial code.<b> Sen. Elizabeth Warren&nbsp;<a href="https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/11/01/supreme-court-ethics-problem-elizabeth-warren-opinion-215772" style="box-sizing: inherit; cursor: pointer; outline-color: transparent; transition: color 0.12s ease 0s, fill 0.12s ease 0s, border-color 0.12s ease 0s, outline-color 0.12s ease 0s, outline-style 0.12s ease 0s; text-decoration-line: none; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-color: var(--theme-color,#ff0e50);">touted the legislation</a>&nbsp;after Justice Neil Gorsuch&nbsp;<a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2017/08/why_neil_gorsuch_shouldn_t_speak_at_the_trump_international_hotel.html" style="box-sizing: inherit; cursor: pointer; outline-color: transparent; transition: color 0.12s ease 0s, fill 0.12s ease 0s, border-color 0.12s ease 0s, outline-color 0.12s ease 0s, outline-style 0.12s ease 0s; text-decoration-line: none; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-color: var(--theme-color,#ff0e50);">spoke at Trump International Hotel</a>&nbsp;to a group bankrolled by the same foundation that helped to fund litigation against public sector unions in&nbsp;<a href="https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/02/the-supreme-courts-conservatives-prepare-to-hobble-public-sector-unions-as-a-gift-to-the-gop.html" style="box-sizing: inherit; cursor: pointer; outline-color: transparent; transition: color 0.12s ease 0s, fill 0.12s ease 0s, border-color 0.12s ease 0s, outline-color 0.12s ease 0s, outline-style 0.12s ease 0s; text-decoration-line: none; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-color: var(--theme-color,#ff0e50);">a case before the Supreme Court</a>.</b></p><p class="
    slate-paragraph slate-graf" data-word-count="164" data-uri="slate.com/_components/slate-paragraph/instances/cjgwtfaui00153i5tzmwmamo0@published" style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1.2em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Yet as Brookings’ Russell Wheeler has&nbsp;<a href="https://www.brookings.edu/research/whats-so-hard-about-regulating-supreme-court-justices-ethics-a-lot/" style="box-sizing: inherit; cursor: pointer; outline-color: transparent; transition: color 0.12s ease 0s, fill 0.12s ease 0s, border-color 0.12s ease 0s, outline-color 0.12s ease 0s, outline-style 0.12s ease 0s; text-decoration-line: none; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-color: var(--theme-color,#ff0e50);">pointed out</a>, were any of these efforts to become law, they would immediately encounter several hurdles. First, the Constitution&nbsp;<a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/articleiii" style="box-sizing: inherit; cursor: pointer; outline-color: transparent; transition: color 0.12s ease 0s, fill 0.12s ease 0s, border-color 0.12s ease 0s, outline-color 0.12s ease 0s, outline-style 0.12s ease 0s; text-decoration-line: none; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-color: var(--theme-color,#ff0e50);">commands the establishment</a>&nbsp;of “one Supreme Court”; if Congress created another court with authority over SCOTUS, it could arguably create a&nbsp;<em style="box-sizing: inherit;">second</em>&nbsp;supreme court, in contravention of the Constitution. Second, only parties to a case may request a recusal—which they almost never do at the Supreme Court. Would that change if some body had power to enforce recusals? Maybe, but it’s no sure thing given the high stakes. If the recusal challenge fails, after all, the targeted justice may be embittered toward the party that asked him or her to sit out the case. (Virtually all calls for a justice’s recusal in recent years have been made by outside groups eager to highlight perceived conflicts of interest. When the Sierra Club asked Justice Antonin Scalia to recuse from a 2004 dispute, he responded with&nbsp;<a href="http://news.findlaw.com/wsj/docs/scotus/chny31804jsmem.pdf" style="box-sizing: inherit; cursor: pointer; outline-color: transparent; transition: color 0.12s ease 0s, fill 0.12s ease 0s, border-color 0.12s ease 0s, outline-color 0.12s ease 0s, outline-style 0.12s ease 0s; text-decoration-line: none; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-color: var(--theme-color,#ff0e50);">a howl of defiant rage</a>.)</p><p class="
    slate-paragraph slate-graf" data-word-count="79" data-uri="slate.com/_components/slate-paragraph/instances/cjgwtfavj001e3i5tiq7womir@published" style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1.2em;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">These obstacles are, of course, hypothetical, and they may be surmountable, but it doesn’t much matter so long as a majority of Congress remains indifferent to SCOTUS’s ethics. Controversies flare up now and then, like when Scalia&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/27/us/politics/scalia-led-court-in-taking-trips-funded-by-private-sponsors.html" style="box-sizing: inherit; cursor: pointer; outline-color: transparent; transition: color 0.12s ease 0s, fill 0.12s ease 0s, border-color 0.12s ease 0s, outline-color 0.12s ease 0s, outline-style 0.12s ease 0s; text-decoration-line: none; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-color: var(--theme-color,#ff0e50);">accepted lavish trips</a>&nbsp;from private sponsors or when </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">Thomas&nbsp;<a href="https://www.npr.org/2011/11/15/142339329/the-nation-clarence-thomas-vs-legal-ethics" style="box-sizing: inherit; cursor: pointer; outline-color: transparent; transition: color 0.12s ease 0s, fill 0.12s ease 0s, border-color 0.12s ease 0s, outline-color 0.12s ease 0s, outline-style 0.12s ease 0s; text-decoration-line: none; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-color: var(--theme-color,#ff0e50);">did not recuse</a>&nbsp;himself from Affordable Care Act litigation despite his wife’s fervent lobbying against the law</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">. For the most part, though, Americans don’t appear especially worried about the justice’s relatively laissez-faire self-regulation.</span></p><p class="
    slate-paragraph slate-graf" data-word-count="94" data-uri="slate.com/_components/slate-paragraph/instances/cjgwtfave001a3i5t8xhvtj7m@published" style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1.2em;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Ginni Thomas seems almost determined to change that.&nbsp;<a href="https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/04/clarence-thomas-is-moving-closer-to-the-trumpist-fringe-his-wife-ginni-is-already-there.html" style="box-sizing: inherit; cursor: pointer; outline-color: transparent; transition: color 0.12s ease 0s, fill 0.12s ease 0s, border-color 0.12s ease 0s, outline-color 0.12s ease 0s, outline-style 0.12s ease 0s; text-decoration-line: none; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-color: var(--theme-color,#ff0e50);">As I reported in April</a>, her activism has largely shifted from direct political lobbying to Facebook—where, on her verified page, she has shared memes <b>attacking Obama, Clinton, Mueller, David Hogg,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/GinniLThomas/posts/1887047274661449" style="box-sizing: inherit; cursor: pointer; outline-color: transparent; transition: color 0.12s ease 0s, fill 0.12s ease 0s, border-color 0.12s ease 0s, outline-color 0.12s ease 0s, outline-style 0.12s ease 0s; text-decoration-line: none; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-color: var(--theme-color,#ff0e50);">Andrew McCabe</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/GinniLThomas/posts/1852887891410721" style="box-sizing: inherit; cursor: pointer; outline-color: transparent; transition: color 0.12s ease 0s, fill 0.12s ease 0s, border-color 0.12s ease 0s, outline-color 0.12s ease 0s, outline-style 0.12s ease 0s; text-decoration-line: none; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-color: var(--theme-color,#ff0e50);">DACA recipients</a>,</b>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/GinniLThomas/posts/1876384945727682" style="box-sizing: inherit; cursor: pointer; outline-color: transparent; transition: color 0.12s ease 0s, fill 0.12s ease 0s, border-color 0.12s ease 0s, outline-color 0.12s ease 0s, outline-style 0.12s ease 0s; text-decoration-line: none; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-color: var(--theme-color,#ff0e50);">the Girl Scouts</a>, and the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/GinniLThomas/posts/1837762622923248" style="box-sizing: inherit; cursor: pointer; outline-color: transparent; transition: color 0.12s ease 0s, fill 0.12s ease 0s, border-color 0.12s ease 0s, outline-color 0.12s ease 0s, outline-style 0.12s ease 0s; text-decoration-line: none; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-color: var(--theme-color,#ff0e50);">American Civil Liberties Union</a>. She has also&nbsp;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/GinniLThomas/posts/1913184298714413" style="box-sizing: inherit; cursor: pointer; outline-color: transparent; transition: color 0.12s ease 0s, fill 0.12s ease 0s, border-color 0.12s ease 0s, outline-color 0.12s ease 0s, outline-style 0.12s ease 0s; text-decoration-line: none; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-color: var(--theme-color,#ff0e50);">touted a meme</a>&nbsp;blaming gun control for the Holocaust featuring a photo of the famous shoe exhibition at the Holocaust Museum. And now she has accused Democrats of engaging in a “coup” to bring down Trump and “our constitutional republic.</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">"</span></p><p class="
    slate-paragraph slate-graf" data-word-count="94" data-uri="slate.com/_components/slate-paragraph/instances/cjgwtfave001a3i5t8xhvtj7m@published" style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1.2em;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">ginni’s views should not be automatically imputed to her spouse.</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"> Yet her very public stances, which ultimately promote her political lobbying firm, raise a legitimate concern under the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/28/455" style="box-sizing: inherit; cursor: pointer; outline-color: transparent; transition: color 0.12s ease 0s, fill 0.12s ease 0s, border-color 0.12s ease 0s, outline-color 0.12s ease 0s, outline-style 0.12s ease 0s; text-decoration-line: none; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-color: var(--theme-color,#ff0e50);">federal recusal statute</a>—which, again, purports to cover the justices. That law directs the justices to recuse themselves from any case in which “his spouse … has a financial interest in the subject matter in controversy or in a party to the proceeding, or any other interest that could be substantially affected by the outcome of the proceeding.”</span></p><p class="
    slate-paragraph slate-graf" data-word-count="99" data-uri="slate.com/_components/slate-paragraph/instances/cjgwtfavc00193i5tnhboptzy@published" style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1.2em;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">Even a narrow reading of that statute indicates that the Thomases may have crossed an ethical line. Gabe Roth, executive director of the pro-transparency group Fix the Court, told me that “it’s not difficult to imagine&nbsp;that Justice Thomas’ votes in certain cases over the years may have translated into more consulting work” for his wife—“even as the judicial ethics statute dictates that a justice ‘shall disqualify himself’ from proceedings that could impact his spouse’s livelihood.” Ginni Thomas, for example, raised&nbsp;<a href="https://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2012/07/02/new-financial-forms-show-clarence-thomass-wife-continued-to-lobby-against-healthcare-in-2011" style="box-sizing: inherit; cursor: pointer; outline-color: transparent; transition: color 0.12s ease 0s, fill 0.12s ease 0s, border-color 0.12s ease 0s, outline-color 0.12s ease 0s, outline-style 0.12s ease 0s; text-decoration-line: none; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-color: var(--theme-color,#ff0e50);">a substantial amount of money</a>&nbsp;lobbying against the ACA. Her husband then voted to strike down the entire law.</span></p><p class="
    slate-paragraph slate-graf slate-paragraph--tombstone" data-word-count="98" data-uri="slate.com/_components/slate-paragraph/instances/cjgwtfavg001c3i5t8i1fuypv@published" style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1.2em;"><b style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The spouses of Supreme Court justices are assuredly allowed to hold political opinions. But Ginni’s extreme activism is her livelihood. </b><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">She doesn’t just have views—she has an “interest that could be substantially affected by the outcome” of Supreme Court cases</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">. Under our current ethical regime, though, there would be no way to force Clarence Thomas to even consider recusing himself from a case that has consequences for his wife’s bottom line. The system is badly broken. And its flaws allow Clarence to enact from the bench the same political agenda that his spouse relentlessly promotes. 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flex: 1 1 100%; contain: layout paint; overflow: hidden; min-width: 0px;"><div class="VwiC3b yXK7lf MUxGbd yDYNvb lyLwlc lEBKkf" style="padding-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; display: -webkit-box; -webkit-box-orient: vertical; overflow: hidden; -webkit-line-clamp: 2;"><span class="MUxGbd wuQ4Ob WZ8Tjf" style="padding-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">May 3, 2021&nbsp;—&nbsp;</span>A group led by&nbsp;<span style="font-weight: bold;">Ginni Thomas</span>&nbsp;has targeted officials in the administration, and lobbied for its own preferred choices.</div></div><div class="NJo7tc Z26q7c uUuwM" data-content-feature="2" style="flex-direction: row; flex: 1 1 100%; contain: layout paint; overflow: hidden; min-width: 0px;"><div class="TXwUJf" style="">Missing:&nbsp;<s>crazy</s>&nbsp;‎| Must include:&nbsp;<a class="fl" href="https://www.google.com/search?q=ginni+thomas+%22crazy%22+trump+meeting+loyal+personnel+ledeen&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjbvKrA_or5AhVvomoFHQm-A0MQ5t4CegQIFhAB" style="text-decoration-line: none; 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margin-bottom: 0px; display: -webkit-box; -webkit-box-orient: vertical; overflow: hidden; -webkit-line-clamp: 2;"><span class="MUxGbd wuQ4Ob WZ8Tjf" style="padding-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Jan 26, 2019&nbsp;—&nbsp;</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Thomas's</span>&nbsp;group as a conservative columnist when the&nbsp;<span style="font-weight: bold;">meeting</span>&nbsp;was being assembled, according to the people. In reality, she is the chief of&nbsp;<span style="font-weight: bold;">staff</span>&nbsp;...</div></div></div></div></div></div></li></ul></div></div></div><div class="g Ww4FFb tF2Cxc" lang="en" data-hveid="CA4QAA" data-ved="2ahUKEwjbvKrA_or5AhVvomoFHQm-A0MQFSgAegQIDhAA" style="line-height: 1.58; width: 600px; margin: 0px 0px 30px; position: relative; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; border-radius: 0px;"><div class="jtfYYd" data-sokoban-container="ih6Jnb_sESjRd" style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; position: relative; overflow: hidden; contain: layout paint;"><div class="NJo7tc Z26q7c uUuwM jGGQ5e" data-header-feature="0" style="flex-direction: row; flex: 1 1 100%; contain: layout paint; overflow: hidden; min-width: 0px;"><div class="yuRUbf" style="line-height: 1.58;"><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-clarence-thomas-wife-ginni-craziest-meeting-white-house-aides-2022-2" data-ved="2ahUKEwjbvKrA_or5AhVvomoFHQm-A0MQFnoECAoQAQ" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-clarence-thomas-wife-ginni-craziest-meeting-white-house-aides-2022-2&ved=2ahUKEwjbvKrA_or5AhVvomoFHQm-A0MQFnoECAoQAQ" style="text-decoration-line: none; 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margin-bottom: 0px; display: -webkit-box; -webkit-box-orient: vertical; overflow: hidden; -webkit-line-clamp: 2;"><span class="MUxGbd wuQ4Ob WZ8Tjf" style="padding-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Feb 22, 2022&nbsp;—&nbsp;</span>An ex-<span style="font-weight: bold;">Trump</span>&nbsp;aide said a White House gathering with Justice Clarence Thomas' wife,&nbsp;<span style="font-weight: bold;">Ginni Thomas</span>, was 'the&nbsp;<span style="font-weight: bold;">craziest meeting</span>&nbsp;I've ever been to'.</div></div><div class="NJo7tc Z26q7c uUuwM" data-content-feature="2" style="flex-direction: row; flex: 1 1 100%; contain: layout paint; overflow: hidden; min-width: 0px;"><div class="TXwUJf" style="">Missing:&nbsp;<s>loyal</s>&nbsp;‎<s>ledeen</s></div></div><div class="NJo7tc Z26q7c" style="flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; contain: layout paint; overflow: hidden;"><div jscontroller="K6HGfd" id="eob_3" jsdata="fxg5tf;_;AN0shI" jsaction="rcuQ6b:npT2md" data-ved="2ahUKEwjbvKrA_or5AhVvomoFHQm-A0MQ2Z0BegQIBRAA"><div class="g Ww4FFb tF2Cxc" lang="en" data-hveid="CBIQAA" data-ved="2ahUKEwjbvKrA_or5AhVvomoFHQm-A0MQFSgAegQIEhAA" style="line-height: 1.58; width: 600px; margin: 0px 0px 30px; position: relative; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; border-radius: 0px;"><div class="jtfYYd" data-sokoban-container="ih6Jnb_PuSQib" style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; position: relative; overflow: hidden; contain: layout paint;"><div class="NJo7tc Z26q7c uUuwM jGGQ5e" data-header-feature="0" style="flex-direction: row; flex: 1 1 100%; contain: layout paint; overflow: hidden; min-width: 0px;"><div class="yuRUbf" style="line-height: 1.58;"><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/01/31/is-ginni-thomas-a-threat-to-the-supreme-court" data-ved="2ahUKEwjbvKrA_or5AhVvomoFHQm-A0MQFnoECAYQAQ" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/01/31/is-ginni-thomas-a-threat-to-the-supreme-court&ved=2ahUKEwjbvKrA_or5AhVvomoFHQm-A0MQFnoECAYQAQ" style="text-decoration-line: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); outline: 0px;"><br /></a><h3 class="LC20lb MBeuO DKV0Md" style="font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 3px; padding: 5px 0px 0px; line-height: 1.3; display: inline-block;"><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/01/31/is-ginni-thomas-a-threat-to-the-supreme-court" data-ved="2ahUKEwjbvKrA_or5AhVvomoFHQm-A0MQFnoECAYQAQ" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/01/31/is-ginni-thomas-a-threat-to-the-supreme-court&ved=2ahUKEwjbvKrA_or5AhVvomoFHQm-A0MQFnoECAYQAQ" style="text-decoration-line: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); outline: 0px;">Is Ginni Thomas a Threat to the Supreme Court?</a></h3><div class="TbwUpd NJjxre" style="display: inline-block; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-top: 1px; text-size-adjust: none; position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 0px;"><cite class="iUh30 qLRx3b tjvcx" role="text" style="font-style: normal; line-height: 1.3; padding-top: 1px;">https://www.newyorker.com<span class="dyjrff qzEoUe" role="text" style="">&nbsp;› Magazine › Supreme Court</span></cite></div><div class="B6fmyf" style="position: absolute; top: 0px; height: 0px; visibility: hidden; white-space: nowrap;"><div class="TbwUpd" style="display: inline-block; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-top: 1px; text-size-adjust: none;"><cite class="iUh30 qLRx3b tjvcx" role="text" style="font-style: normal; line-height: 1.3; padding-top: 1px;"><span class="dyjrff qzEoUe" role="text" style="" /></cite></div><div class="eFM0qc" style="display: inline-block; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-top: 1px; padding-left: 2px; visibility: visible;"><div class="csDOgf" style="display: inline; visibility: visible; position: absolute;"><div jscontroller="exgaYe" data-isdesktop="true" jsdata="l7Bhpb;_;AN0shM" data-ved="2ahUKEwjbvKrA_or5AhVvomoFHQm-A0MQ2esEegQIBhAE"><div jsaction="KyPa0e:RvIhPd;wjOG7e:edHC5b;al5F3e:edHC5b;"><div role="button" tabindex="0" jsaction="RvIhPd" jsname="I3kE2c" class="iTPLzd GUHazd lUn2nc eY4mx" aria-label="About this Result" style="cursor: pointer; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 28px; z-index: 1; line-height: 16px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-left: 12px; padding-right: 5px; outline: 0px; position: absolute;"><span jsname="czHhOd" class="D6lY4c" style="height: 22px; width: 22px; position: absolute; border-radius: 11px; top: -1px;"><span jsname="Bil8Ae" class="xTFaxe IjabWd z1asCe SaPW2b" style="display: inline-block; fill: rgb(112, 117, 122); height: 18px; line-height: 18px; position: relative; width: 18px; margin-left: 2px; top: 2px;"><svg focusable="false" viewbox="0 0 24 24" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><path d="M12 8c1.1 0 2-.9 2-2s-.9-2-2-2-2 .9-2 2 .9 2 2 2zm0 2c-1.1 0-2 .9-2 2s.9 2 2 2 2-.9 2-2-.9-2-2-2zm0 6c-1.1 0-2 .9-2 2s.9 2 2 2 2-.9 2-2-.9-2-2-2z" /></svg></span></span></div><span jsname="zOVa8" jsmodel="QaFSEb" jsdata="l7Bhpb;_;AN0shQ cECq7c;_;AN0shY" data-ved="2ahUKEwjbvKrA_or5AhVvomoFHQm-A0MQh-4GegQIBhAF" /></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="NJo7tc Z26q7c uUuwM" data-content-feature="1" style="flex-direction: row; flex: 1 1 100%; contain: layout paint; overflow: hidden; min-width: 0px;"><div class="VwiC3b yXK7lf MUxGbd yDYNvb lyLwlc lEBKkf" style="padding-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; display: -webkit-box; -webkit-box-orient: vertical; overflow: hidden; -webkit-line-clamp: 2;"><span class="MUxGbd wuQ4Ob WZ8Tjf" style="padding-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Jan 21, 2022&nbsp;—&nbsp;</span>Behind closed doors, Justice Clarence&nbsp;<span style="font-weight: bold;">Thomas's</span>&nbsp;wife is working with many groups directly involved in controversial cases before the Court.</div></div><div class="NJo7tc Z26q7c" style="flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; contain: layout paint; overflow: hidden;"><div jscontroller="K6HGfd" id="eob_1" jsdata="fxg5tf;_;AN0shA" jsaction="rcuQ6b:npT2md" data-ved="2ahUKEwjbvKrA_or5AhVvomoFHQm-A0MQ2Z0BegQIAxAA"><div class="g Ww4FFb tF2Cxc" lang="en" data-hveid="CA8QAA" data-ved="2ahUKEwjbvKrA_or5AhVvomoFHQm-A0MQFSgAegQIDxAA" style="line-height: 1.58; width: 600px; margin: 0px 0px 30px; position: relative; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; border-radius: 0px;"><div class="jtfYYd" data-sokoban-container="ih6Jnb_qZVqze" style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; position: relative; overflow: hidden; contain: layout paint;"><div class="NJo7tc Z26q7c uUuwM jGGQ5e" data-header-feature="0" style="flex-direction: row; flex: 1 1 100%; contain: layout paint; overflow: hidden; min-width: 0px;"><div class="yuRUbf" style="line-height: 1.58;"><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/31/ginni-thomas-trump-world-power-00022042" data-ved="2ahUKEwjbvKrA_or5AhVvomoFHQm-A0MQFnoECAcQAQ" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/31/ginni-thomas-trump-world-power-00022042&ved=2ahUKEwjbvKrA_or5AhVvomoFHQm-A0MQFnoECAcQAQ" style="text-decoration-line: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); outline: 0px;"><br /></a><h3 class="LC20lb MBeuO DKV0Md" style="font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 3px; padding: 5px 0px 0px; line-height: 1.3; display: inline-block;"><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/31/ginni-thomas-trump-world-power-00022042" data-ved="2ahUKEwjbvKrA_or5AhVvomoFHQm-A0MQFnoECAcQAQ" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/31/ginni-thomas-trump-world-power-00022042&ved=2ahUKEwjbvKrA_or5AhVvomoFHQm-A0MQFnoECAcQAQ" style="text-decoration-line: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); outline: 0px;">Is Ginni Thomas a Trumpworld power player or a gadfly? It ...</a></h3><div class="TbwUpd NJjxre" style="display: inline-block; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-top: 1px; text-size-adjust: none; position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 0px;"><cite class="iUh30 qLRx3b tjvcx" role="text" style="font-style: normal; line-height: 1.3; padding-top: 1px;">https://www.politico.com<span class="dyjrff qzEoUe" role="text" style="">&nbsp;› news › 2022/03/31 › ginni-t...</span></cite></div><div class="B6fmyf" style="position: absolute; top: 0px; height: 0px; visibility: hidden; white-space: nowrap;"><div class="TbwUpd" style="display: inline-block; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-top: 1px; text-size-adjust: none;"><cite class="iUh30 qLRx3b tjvcx" role="text" style="font-style: normal; line-height: 1.3; padding-top: 1px;"><span class="dyjrff qzEoUe" role="text" style="" /></cite></div><div class="eFM0qc" style="display: inline-block; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-top: 1px; padding-left: 2px; visibility: visible;"><div class="csDOgf" style="display: inline; visibility: visible; position: absolute;"><div jscontroller="exgaYe" data-isdesktop="true" jsdata="l7Bhpb;_;AN0shc" data-ved="2ahUKEwjbvKrA_or5AhVvomoFHQm-A0MQ2esEegQIBxAE"><div jsaction="KyPa0e:RvIhPd;wjOG7e:edHC5b;al5F3e:edHC5b;"><div role="button" tabindex="0" jsaction="RvIhPd" jsname="I3kE2c" class="iTPLzd GUHazd lUn2nc eY4mx" aria-label="About this Result" style="cursor: pointer; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 28px; z-index: 1; line-height: 16px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-left: 12px; padding-right: 5px; outline: 0px; position: absolute;"><span jsname="czHhOd" class="D6lY4c" style="height: 22px; width: 22px; position: absolute; border-radius: 11px; top: -1px;"><span jsname="Bil8Ae" class="xTFaxe IjabWd z1asCe SaPW2b" style="display: inline-block; fill: rgb(112, 117, 122); height: 18px; line-height: 18px; position: relative; width: 18px; margin-left: 2px; top: 2px;"><svg focusable="false" viewbox="0 0 24 24" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><path d="M12 8c1.1 0 2-.9 2-2s-.9-2-2-2-2 .9-2 2 .9 2 2 2zm0 2c-1.1 0-2 .9-2 2s.9 2 2 2 2-.9 2-2-.9-2-2-2zm0 6c-1.1 0-2 .9-2 2s.9 2 2 2 2-.9 2-2-.9-2-2-2z" /></svg></span></span></div><span jsname="zOVa8" jsmodel="QaFSEb" jsdata="l7Bhpb;_;AN0sho cECq7c;_;AN0shs" data-ved="2ahUKEwjbvKrA_or5AhVvomoFHQm-A0MQh-4GegQIBxAF" /></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="NJo7tc Z26q7c uUuwM" data-content-feature="1" style="flex-direction: row; flex: 1 1 100%; contain: layout paint; overflow: hidden; min-width: 0px;"><div class="VwiC3b yXK7lf MUxGbd yDYNvb lyLwlc lEBKkf" style="padding-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; display: -webkit-box; -webkit-box-orient: vertical; overflow: hidden; -webkit-line-clamp: 2;"><span class="MUxGbd wuQ4Ob WZ8Tjf" style="padding-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Mar 31, 2022&nbsp;—&nbsp;</span>The longtime conservative activist and wife of Supreme Court justice pushed names of people to hire and met with&nbsp;<span style="font-weight: bold;">Trump</span>.</div></div><div class="NJo7tc Z26q7c uUuwM" data-content-feature="2" style="flex-direction: row; flex: 1 1 100%; contain: layout paint; overflow: hidden; min-width: 0px;"><div class="TXwUJf" style="">Missing:&nbsp;<s>crazy</s>&nbsp;‎<s>ledeen</s></div></div><div class="NJo7tc Z26q7c" style="flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; contain: layout paint; overflow: hidden;"><div jscontroller="K6HGfd" id="eob_2" jsdata="fxg5tf;_;AN0shE" jsaction="rcuQ6b:npT2md" data-ved="2ahUKEwjbvKrA_or5AhVvomoFHQm-A0MQ2Z0BegQIBBAA"><span class="oUAcPd" id="fld_1"><div class="g Ww4FFb tF2Cxc" lang="en" data-hveid="CDYQAA" data-ved="2ahUKEwjbvKrA_or5AhVvomoFHQm-A0MQFSgAegQINhAA" style="line-height: 1.58; width: 600px; margin: 0px 0px 30px; position: relative; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; border-radius: 0px;"><div class="jtfYYd" data-sokoban-container="ih6Jnb_nw1tXb" style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; position: relative; overflow: hidden; contain: layout paint;"><div class="NJo7tc Z26q7c uUuwM jGGQ5e" data-header-feature="0" style="flex-direction: row; flex: 1 1 100%; contain: layout paint; overflow: hidden; min-width: 0px;"><div class="yuRUbf" style="line-height: 1.58;"><a href="https://www.salon.com/2020/02/24/ginni-thomas-reportedly-leading-purge-of-disloyal-trump-aides/" data-ved="2ahUKEwjbvKrA_or5AhVvomoFHQm-A0MQFnoECCQQAQ" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.salon.com/2020/02/24/ginni-thomas-reportedly-leading-purge-of-disloyal-trump-aides/&ved=2ahUKEwjbvKrA_or5AhVvomoFHQm-A0MQFnoECCQQAQ" style="text-decoration-line: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); outline: 0px;"><br /></a><h3 class="LC20lb MBeuO DKV0Md" style="font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 3px; padding: 5px 0px 0px; line-height: 1.3; display: inline-block;"><a href="https://www.salon.com/2020/02/24/ginni-thomas-reportedly-leading-purge-of-disloyal-trump-aides/" data-ved="2ahUKEwjbvKrA_or5AhVvomoFHQm-A0MQFnoECCQQAQ" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.salon.com/2020/02/24/ginni-thomas-reportedly-leading-purge-of-disloyal-trump-aides/&ved=2ahUKEwjbvKrA_or5AhVvomoFHQm-A0MQFnoECCQQAQ" style="text-decoration-line: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); outline: 0px;">Ginni Thomas reportedly leading purge of “disloyal” Trump aides</a></h3><div class="TbwUpd NJjxre" style="display: inline-block; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-top: 1px; text-size-adjust: none; position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 0px;"><cite class="iUh30 qLRx3b tjvcx" role="text" style="font-style: normal; line-height: 1.3; padding-top: 1px;">https://www.salon.com<span class="dyjrff qzEoUe" role="text" style="">&nbsp;› ... › Igor Derysh's Articles</span></cite></div><div class="B6fmyf" style="position: absolute; top: 0px; height: 0px; visibility: hidden; white-space: nowrap;"><div class="TbwUpd" style="display: inline-block; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-top: 1px; text-size-adjust: none;"><cite class="iUh30 qLRx3b tjvcx" role="text" style="font-style: normal; line-height: 1.3; padding-top: 1px;"><span class="dyjrff qzEoUe" role="text" style="" /></cite></div><div class="eFM0qc" style="display: inline-block; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-top: 1px; padding-left: 2px; visibility: visible;"><div class="csDOgf" style="display: inline; visibility: visible; position: absolute;"><div jscontroller="exgaYe" data-isdesktop="true" jsdata="l7Bhpb;_;AN0si0" data-ved="2ahUKEwjbvKrA_or5AhVvomoFHQm-A0MQ2esEegQIJBAE"><div jsaction="KyPa0e:RvIhPd;wjOG7e:edHC5b;al5F3e:edHC5b;"><div role="button" tabindex="0" jsaction="RvIhPd" jsname="I3kE2c" class="iTPLzd GUHazd lUn2nc eY4mx" aria-label="About this Result" style="cursor: pointer; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 28px; z-index: 1; line-height: 16px; padding-bottom: 20px; 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margin-bottom: 0px; display: -webkit-box; -webkit-box-orient: vertical; overflow: hidden; -webkit-line-clamp: 2;"><span class="MUxGbd wuQ4Ob WZ8Tjf" style="padding-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Feb 24, 2020&nbsp;—&nbsp;</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ginni Thomas</span>, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas (AP ...&nbsp;<span style="font-weight: bold;">personnel</span>&nbsp;office and purge officials believed to be "anti-<span style="font-weight: bold;">Trump</span>," Axios&nbsp;...</div></div><div class="NJo7tc Z26q7c uUuwM" data-content-feature="2" style="flex-direction: row; flex: 1 1 100%; contain: layout paint; overflow: hidden; min-width: 0px;"><div class="TXwUJf" style="">Missing:&nbsp;<s>crazy</s>&nbsp;‎<s>loyal</s></div></div><div class="NJo7tc Z26q7c" style="flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; contain: layout paint; overflow: hidden;"><div jscontroller="K6HGfd" id="eob_6" jsdata="fxg5tf;_;AN0sio" jsaction="rcuQ6b:npT2md" data-ved="2ahUKEwjbvKrA_or5AhVvomoFHQm-A0MQ2Z0BegQIHRAA"><div class="g Ww4FFb tF2Cxc" lang="en" data-hveid="CDcQAA" data-ved="2ahUKEwjbvKrA_or5AhVvomoFHQm-A0MQFSgAegQINxAA" style="line-height: 1.58; width: 600px; margin: 0px 0px 30px; position: relative; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; border-radius: 0px;"><div class="jtfYYd" data-sokoban-container="ih6Jnb_JQZIRe" style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; position: relative; overflow: hidden; contain: layout paint;"><div class="NJo7tc Z26q7c uUuwM jGGQ5e" data-header-feature="0" style="flex-direction: row; flex: 1 1 100%; contain: layout paint; overflow: hidden; min-width: 0px;"><div class="yuRUbf" style="line-height: 1.58;"><a href="https://twitter.com/mjs_DC/status/1508895607607513093" data-ved="2ahUKEwjbvKrA_or5AhVvomoFHQm-A0MQFnoECCIQAQ" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://twitter.com/mjs_DC/status/1508895607607513093&ved=2ahUKEwjbvKrA_or5AhVvomoFHQm-A0MQFnoECCIQAQ" style="text-decoration-line: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); outline: 0px;"><br /></a><h3 class="LC20lb MBeuO DKV0Md" style="font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 3px; padding: 5px 0px 0px; line-height: 1.3; display: inline-block;"><a href="https://twitter.com/mjs_DC/status/1508895607607513093" data-ved="2ahUKEwjbvKrA_or5AhVvomoFHQm-A0MQFnoECCIQAQ" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://twitter.com/mjs_DC/status/1508895607607513093&ved=2ahUKEwjbvKrA_or5AhVvomoFHQm-A0MQFnoECCIQAQ" style="text-decoration-line: none; 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padding-left: 2px; visibility: visible;"><div class="csDOgf" style="display: inline; visibility: visible; position: absolute;"><div jscontroller="exgaYe" data-isdesktop="true" jsdata="l7Bhpb;_;AN0si4" data-ved="2ahUKEwjbvKrA_or5AhVvomoFHQm-A0MQ2esEegQIIhAE"><div jsaction="KyPa0e:RvIhPd;wjOG7e:edHC5b;al5F3e:edHC5b;"><div role="button" tabindex="0" jsaction="RvIhPd" jsname="I3kE2c" class="iTPLzd GUHazd lUn2nc eY4mx" aria-label="About this Result" style="cursor: pointer; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 28px; z-index: 1; line-height: 16px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-left: 12px; padding-right: 5px; outline: 0px; position: absolute;"><span jsname="czHhOd" class="D6lY4c" style="height: 22px; width: 22px; position: absolute; border-radius: 11px; top: -1px;"><span jsname="Bil8Ae" class="xTFaxe IjabWd z1asCe SaPW2b" style="display: inline-block; fill: rgb(112, 117, 122); height: 18px; line-height: 18px; position: relative; width: 18px; margin-left: 2px; top: 2px;"><svg focusable="false" viewbox="0 0 24 24" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><path d="M12 8c1.1 0 2-.9 2-2s-.9-2-2-2-2 .9-2 2 .9 2 2 2zm0 2c-1.1 0-2 .9-2 2s.9 2 2 2 2-.9 2-2-.9-2-2-2zm0 6c-1.1 0-2 .9-2 2s.9 2 2 2 2-.9 2-2-.9-2-2-2z" /></svg></span></span></div><span jsname="zOVa8" jsmodel="QaFSEb" jsdata="l7Bhpb;_;AN0sjI cECq7c;_;AN0sjQ" data-ved="2ahUKEwjbvKrA_or5AhVvomoFHQm-A0MQh-4GegQIIhAF" /></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="NJo7tc Z26q7c uUuwM" data-content-feature="1" style="flex-direction: row; flex: 1 1 100%; contain: layout paint; overflow: hidden; min-width: 0px;"><div class="VwiC3b yXK7lf MUxGbd yDYNvb lyLwlc lEBKkf" style="padding-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; display: -webkit-box; -webkit-box-orient: vertical; overflow: hidden; -webkit-line-clamp: 2;">I have long been frustrated that so many conservatives know&nbsp;<span style="font-weight: bold;">Ginni Thomas</span>&nbsp;is a ...&nbsp;<span style="font-weight: bold;">Trump Meets</span>&nbsp;With Hard-Right Group Led by&nbsp;<span style="font-weight: bold;">Ginni Thomas</span>&nbsp;(Published 2019).</div></div><div class="NJo7tc Z26q7c" style="flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; contain: layout paint; overflow: hidden;"><div jscontroller="K6HGfd" id="eob_4" jsdata="fxg5tf;_;AN0sik" jsaction="rcuQ6b:npT2md" data-ved="2ahUKEwjbvKrA_or5AhVvomoFHQm-A0MQ2Z0BegQIHhAA"><div class="g Ww4FFb tF2Cxc" lang="en" data-hveid="CEAQAA" data-ved="2ahUKEwjbvKrA_or5AhVvomoFHQm-A0MQFSgAegQIQBAA" style="line-height: 1.58; width: 600px; margin: 0px 0px 30px; position: relative; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; border-radius: 0px;"><div class="jtfYYd" data-sokoban-container="ih6Jnb_wct1Bb" style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; position: relative; overflow: hidden; contain: layout paint;"><div class="NJo7tc Z26q7c uUuwM jGGQ5e" data-header-feature="0" style="flex-direction: row; flex: 1 1 100%; contain: layout paint; overflow: hidden; min-width: 0px;"><div class="yuRUbf" style="line-height: 1.58;"><a href="https://news.yahoo.com/ex-trump-aide-said-white-201329622.html" data-ved="2ahUKEwjbvKrA_or5AhVvomoFHQm-A0MQFnoECCUQAQ" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://news.yahoo.com/ex-trump-aide-said-white-201329622.html&ved=2ahUKEwjbvKrA_or5AhVvomoFHQm-A0MQFnoECCUQAQ" style="text-decoration-line: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); outline: 0px;"><br /></a><h3 class="LC20lb MBeuO DKV0Md" style="font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 3px; padding: 5px 0px 0px; line-height: 1.3; display: inline-block;"><a href="https://news.yahoo.com/ex-trump-aide-said-white-201329622.html" data-ved="2ahUKEwjbvKrA_or5AhVvomoFHQm-A0MQFnoECCUQAQ" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://news.yahoo.com/ex-trump-aide-said-white-201329622.html&ved=2ahUKEwjbvKrA_or5AhVvomoFHQm-A0MQFnoECCUQAQ" style="text-decoration-line: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); outline: 0px;">An ex-Trump aide said a White House gathering with Justice ...</a></h3><div class="TbwUpd NJjxre" style="display: inline-block; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-top: 1px; text-size-adjust: none; position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 0px;"><cite class="iUh30 qLRx3b tjvcx" role="text" style="font-style: normal; line-height: 1.3; padding-top: 1px;">https://news.yahoo.com<span class="dyjrff qzEoUe" role="text" style="">&nbsp;› ex-trump-aide-said-white-201...</span></cite></div><div class="B6fmyf" style="position: absolute; top: 0px; height: 0px; visibility: hidden; white-space: nowrap;"><div class="TbwUpd" style="display: inline-block; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-top: 1px; text-size-adjust: none;"><cite class="iUh30 qLRx3b tjvcx" role="text" style="font-style: normal; line-height: 1.3; padding-top: 1px;"><span class="dyjrff qzEoUe" role="text" style="" /></cite></div><div class="eFM0qc" style="display: inline-block; padding-bottom: 2px; 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flex: 1 1 100%; contain: layout paint; overflow: hidden; min-width: 0px;"><div class="VwiC3b yXK7lf MUxGbd yDYNvb lyLwlc lEBKkf" style="padding-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; display: -webkit-box; -webkit-box-orient: vertical; overflow: hidden; -webkit-line-clamp: 2;"><span class="MUxGbd wuQ4Ob WZ8Tjf" style="padding-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Feb 22, 2022&nbsp;—&nbsp;</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ginni Thomas</span>' hard-driving style alienated one of&nbsp;<span style="font-weight: bold;">Trump's</span>&nbsp;aides so ... Clarence Thomas' wife,&nbsp;<span style="font-weight: bold;">Ginni Thomas</span>, was 'the&nbsp;<span style="font-weight: bold;">craziest meeting</span>&nbsp;I've&nbsp;...</div></div><div class="NJo7tc Z26q7c uUuwM" data-content-feature="2" style="flex-direction: row; flex: 1 1 100%; contain: layout paint; overflow: hidden; min-width: 0px;"><div class="TXwUJf" style="">Missing:&nbsp;<s>loyal</s>&nbsp;‎<s>ledeen</s></div></div><div class="NJo7tc Z26q7c" style="flex-direction: row; flex: 0 0 auto; contain: layout paint; overflow: hidden;"><div jscontroller="K6HGfd" id="eob_5" jsdata="fxg5tf;_;AN0sig" jsaction="rcuQ6b:npT2md" data-ved="2ahUKEwjbvKrA_or5AhVvomoFHQm-A0MQ2Z0BegQIHxAA"><div class="g Ww4FFb tF2Cxc" lang="en" data-hveid="CD0QAA" data-ved="2ahUKEwjbvKrA_or5AhVvomoFHQm-A0MQFSgAegQIPRAA" style="line-height: 1.58; width: 600px; margin: 0px 0px 30px; position: relative; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; border-radius: 0px;"><div class="jtfYYd" data-sokoban-container="ih6Jnb_kkQbzf" style="display: flex; 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