A US government watchdog agency recommended that Kellyanne Conway, a senior adviser to President Donald Trump, be fired
13 June 2019 - 21:32Presidential adviser Kellyanne Conway attends a working lunch with governors at the White House in Washington, DC, the US, June 13 2019. Picture: MANDEL NGAN / AFP
The White House immediately rejected the special counsel office’s finding and demanded that it withdraw the report. Conway, 52, served as Trump’s campaign manager in 2016, becoming the first woman to head a winning presidential campaign, and is one of his most loyal aides and fiercest defenders.She currently is leading White House efforts on reducing deaths by opioids and Trump would probably be loathe to have her leave the White House right when he is cranking up his re-election campaign.
“Based on the numerous errors in the report and the flawed process under which it was issued, we ask that you withdraw and retract the report and continue the dialogue with this office that should have taken place and that could have avoided many of the errors in the current draft,” said a letter to the OSC from White House legal counsel Pat Cipollone.
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