David Jackson and Hasan Dudar USA TODAY Published 8:26 PM EST Dec 10, 2018 WASHINGTON – After his top choice rejected the job, President Donald Trump scrambled Monday to look for a White House chief of staff from among a wide-open list of potential candidates that includes a prominent member of the current Republican-controlled House. The list includes at least three already-prominent White House aides: Mick Mulvaney, the White House budget director and interim director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Steven Mnuchin, the Treasury secretary; and Robert Lighthizer, the U.S. trade representative. Other candidates, officials said, include Chris Christie, the former New Jersey governor and longtime Trump supporter; Matthew Whitaker, the acting attorney general; and David Bossie, a deputy campaign manager for Trump’s 2016 campaign. Rep. Mark Meadows, D-N.C., chairman of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, expressed interest in the job, saying that “serving as Chief of Staff would be an incredible honor.” Trump reopened the search after Nick Ayers, the vice president’s chief of staff, turned down the White House job Sunday. Trump now looks again for his third chief of staff in less than two years to replace John Kelly, who is stepping down at the end of the month…. Read full this story
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