These Are All The Casualties Of The Trump Administration, So Far
It’s been a bloodbath.
Donald Trump fired his chief of staff on Friday afternoon. Trump has been president for just over six months and we thought it might be helpful to take a look back at all the casualties of the Trump administration, so far.
1. Michael Flynn
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Michael Flynn was one of the first major exits of the Trump administration though his exit is probably best described as a self-inflicted casualty.
Trump was forced to fire Flynn in February after the Washington Post revealed that Flynn had been lying about discussions with the Russians during the election.
It turned out that Flynn had regular conversations about sanctions with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak including on the day that President Obama announced new sanctions on Russia as retaliation for their election meddling.
2. Sally Yates
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Acting Attorney General Sally Yates was actually fired before Flynn but even after leaving the post, Yates’ actions over the few short weeks she spent as part of the Trump administration remained highly impactful – particularly to the Flynn saga.
Yates was fired by Trump after she refused to enforce his Muslim-ban, which she felt was unconstitutional. After a series of court losses and chaos in airports around the country, Trump was forced to update his Muslim-ban.
However, Yates’ most critical act as the Acting Attorney General was when she informed the Trump White House that Michael Flynn had been compromised.
3. James Comey
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Donald Trump abruptly fired FBI Director James Comey in May. In the days after the firing, Trump admitted, first publicly To NBC’s Lester Holt and later privately to the Russian ambassador and foreign minister, that he fired James Comey because of the Russia investigation.
Comey was leading the FBI’s investigation into the Trump campaign’s collusion with Russia during the 2016 election.
4. Preet Bharara and 45 other US Attorneys
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Donald Trump fired Preet Bharara and 45 other US Attorneys in March. Notably, Trump did not have any replacements lined up leaving dozens of US Attorneys’ offices around the country empty. Preet Bharara was the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York known as the’Sheriff’ of Wall Street. It has since been reported that Bharara’s office had several investigations running at the time that were connected to directly and indirectly to Donald Trump. Trump had also promised to keep Bharara on as US Attorney.
6. Sean Spicer
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Sean Spicer, the former White House press secretary, resigned on Friday after telling Trump he disagreed with the selection of Anthony Scaramucci as White House communications director.
Spicer’s tenure as press secretary was a bumpy road – with his first day claiming that Trump’s inauguration had the biggest crowd ever. Trump also as frustrated with the suits Spicer would wear, and then when Saturday Night Live and Melissa McCarthy started to make fun of press secretary.
7. Walter Shaub
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Walter Shaub, the former director of the Office of Government Ethics, resigned earlier in July after clashing with the White House over Trump’s complicated financial holdings.
Shaub called Trump’s administration a “laughingstock,” following his resignation, and joined the Campaign Legal Center. Shaub told NPR, “The current situation has made it clear that the ethics program needs to be stronger than it is. I’ll have more freedom to push for reform. I’ll also be broadening my focus to include ethics issues at all levels of government.”
8. Reince Priebus
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Reince Priebus, the former White House chief-of-staff, resigned six months into his tenure and just less than a week after former press secretary Sean Spicer
Priebus left after a public feud with Anthony Scaramucci, the White House communications director, who was hired the day Spicer left.
Trump announced that General John F. Kelly, the former Homeland Security secretary, would take over for Priebus in a tweet on July 28.
