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Mullin in Hot Water Over Secret Weekend Visit to Lobby Trump Like Noem Did

thedailybeast.com · 6h · first reportShare

White House officials are angry with Trumpworld plotters for cornering the president and tricking him into making decisions after his senior aides have gone home, sources told the Daily Beast. A source close to Donald Trump told PunchUp, the Daily Beast’s sister Substack : “Certain people—bad actors—have found ways, like calling at night when his senior crew of advisers is not around, to push things through.” As PunchUp revealed Monday, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin secured Trump’s nomination of his old buddy Richard “Lance” Schroyer as ICE director by pitching to the president directly in the White House on Saturday, June 27, while his chief of staff Susie Wiles was at her daughter Caroline’s wedding. Read more at The Daily Beast.