Reports of White House Chief of Staff John Kelly’s impending departure are a concerted effort to oust him, multiple sources close to the chief of staff tell The Daily Caller.
These sources tell TheDC the effort is part of a broader conflict over whether President Donald Trump relieves Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen of her job. These sources speculate Nielsen’s departure is highly likely in the coming weeks.
Kelly currently “has no plans to leave” and believes there “are a group of people” undertaking a “concerted effort to oust him,” a source close to Kelly told TheDC. The source stressed that Kelly sees his role as keeping the trains running on time throughout the U.S. government and that the White House would descend into chaos without him.
Kelly is currently attempting to save Nielsen’s job, a protege he believes is being unfairly targeted by the president. Trump currently plans to ask Nielsen for her resignation as DHS secretary, an official familiar with the president’s thinking told TheDC. – READ MORE