Trump's White House operates like the mafia, says ex-CIA director

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The former senior official in the Obama and Clinton administrations said there 'are no grown-ups' left in President Donald Trump's White House.

Those left in the cabinet and as White House advisers are among Trump's most loyal supporters. But some of them are now tangled in the House case to impeach the president over his alleged misconduct in Ukraine.

Evidence uncovered so far suggests that a number of key officials were involved in what the president's critics say was a scheme to bribe and extort Ukraine to open spurious corruption investigations into Trump's political rivals, benefiting his 2020 election campaign. Trump wanted Ukraine to announce corruption investigations into former Vice President Joe Biden, a leading 2020 candidate, and the Democratic Party. He allegedly conditioned military aid and a White House visit for President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Ukraine opening the probes., Secretary of Energy Rick Perry, and Attorney General Bill Barr.was allegedly doing his bidding in Ukraine, trying to dig up dirt and support the effort to secure the opening of the investigations.

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