{"id":265,"date":"2018-02-28T21:52:35","date_gmt":"2018-03-01T02:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gopplaybook.com\/?p=265"},"modified":"2018-03-01T09:56:03","modified_gmt":"2018-03-01T14:56:03","slug":"here-are-the-top-officials-in-the-trump-white-house-who-have-left","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gopplaybook.com\/?p=265","title":{"rendered":"Here Are the Top Officials in the Trump White House Who Have Left"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By\u00a0LARRY BUCHANAN<\/span><\/a>,\u00a0ALICIA PARLAPIANO<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>KAREN YOURISH<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>

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The\u00a0announcement<\/a>\u00a0that Hope Hicks, the White House communications director, will leave the administration is the latest in a string of departures to shake up the West Wing. Eight of the people in the swearing-in photo below no longer work in the White House or have announced they are leaving.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Rob PorteR<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Omarosa Manigault Newman<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Hope Hicks<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Stephen K. Bannon<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Reince Priebus<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Sean Spicer<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Katie Walsh<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Michael Flynn<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

White House staff members were sworn in on Jan. 22, 2017, in the East Room.<\/span>\u00a0Photo by Al Drago\/The New York Times<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Below are the top White House officials who resigned, or were fired, dismissed or reassigned.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Stephen K. Bannon<\/div>\n
Chief strategist<\/div>\n
President Trump told aides in August he had decided to remove Mr. Bannon, a right-wing nationalist who has clashed with other senior White House advisers and members of Mr. Trump’s family. But a person close to Mr. Bannon said that he had submitted his resignation to the president earlier that month.\u00a0Full story \u00bb<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Mike Dubke<\/div>\n
Communications director<\/div>\n
Mr. Dubke told colleagues that the reasons for his resignation were \u201cpersonal.\u201d\u00a0Full story \u00bb<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Michael T. Flynn<\/div>\n
National security adviser<\/div>\n
Mr. Trump asked Mr. Flynn for his resignation more than two weeks after he was told that Mr. Flynn had lied to the vice president and was vulnerable to blackmail by Russians.\u00a0Full story \u00bb<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Sebastian Gorka<\/div>\n
White House adviser<\/div>\n
Mr. Gorka served as an adviser to the president on national security issues. Two administration officials said that he was forced out, and a conservative website reported that he had resigned.\u00a0Full story \u00bb<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Hope Hicks<\/div>\n
Communications director<\/div>\n
On Feb. 28, Ms. Hicks, one of Mr. Trump’s longest-serving advisers, said she planned to leave the White House in the coming weeks.\u00a0Full story \u00bb<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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K. T. McFarland<\/div>\n
Deputy national security adviser<\/div>\n
Ms. McFarland, who was brought to the White House by Mr. Flynn, was named ambassador to Singapore last May.\u00a0Full story \u00bb<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Omarosa Manigault Newman<\/div>\n
Director of communications for the White House Office of Public Liaison<\/div>\n
A former contestant on Mr. Trump’s reality TV show “The Apprentice,” Ms. Newman was pushed out by Mr. Trump’s chief of staff, John F. Kelly, in December.\u00a0Full story \u00bb<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Rob Porter<\/div>\n
Staff secretary<\/div>\n
Mr. Porter cleared out his office in early February amid accusations of spousal abuse.\u00a0Full story \u00bb<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Dina H. Powell<\/div>\n
Deputy national security adviser<\/div>\n
The White House announced on Dec. 8 that Ms. Powell, one of the most influential women in the Trump administration, was going to step down.\u00a0Full story \u00bb<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Reince Priebus<\/div>\n
Chief of staff<\/div>\n
Mr. Priebus was pushed out, tendering his resignation after Mr. Trump told Mr. Priebus he wanted to make a change and offered the job to John Kelly.\u00a0Full story \u00bb<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Anthony Scaramucci<\/div>\n
Communications director<\/div>\n
He was fired by Mr. Kelly days after a vulgarity-laced telephone call with a New Yorker reporter was made public.\u00a0Full story \u00bb<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Keith Schiller<\/div>\n
Director of Oval Office operations<\/div>\n
One of the president’s most trusted aides, Mr. Schiller announced his departure in September.\u00a0Full story \u00bb<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Sean Spicer<\/div>\n
Press secretary, communications director<\/div>\n
Mr. Spicer resigned, telling Mr. Trump that he disagreed with Mr. Trump\u2019s hiring of Mr. Scaramucci as communications director.\u00a0Full story \u00bb<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Katie Walsh<\/div>\n
Deputy chief of staff<\/div>\n
Ms. Walsh was forced out by Jared Kushner and other West Wing officials. She joined the pro-Trump outside group America First Policies.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Ezra Cohen-Watnick<\/div>\n
Senior director for intelligence, National Security Council<\/div>\n
Mr. Cohen-Watnick was appointed by Mr. Flynn. He was pushed out by Lt. Gen. H. R. McMaster, who succeeded Mr. Flynn.\u00a0Full story \u00bb<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Tera Dahl<\/div>\n
Deputy chief of staff, N.S.C.<\/div>\n
A former writer for Breitbart News who was appointed by Mr. Flynn, Ms. Dahl left the White House for a post at the United States Agency for International Development.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Derek Harvey<\/div>\n
Middle East adviser, N.S.C.<\/div>\n
No explanation was given for his exit, but Mr. Harvey was appointed by Mr. Flynn and was widely reported to have been at odds with Mr. McMaster.\u00a0Full story \u00bb<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Rich Higgins<\/div>\n
Director in the strategic planning office, N.S.C.<\/div>\n
Mr. Higgins was forced out after writing a memo arguing that Mr. Trump was being subverted by an array of foreign and domestic enemies, including \u201cglobalists\u201d and officials of the \u201cdeep state.\u201d\u00a0Full story \u00bb<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Josh Raffel<\/div>\n
Senior communications official<\/div>\n
Mr. Raffel mainly served as a spokesman for Mr. Kushner, the president’s son-in-law and senior adviser.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Michael C. Short<\/div>\n
Senior assistant press secretary<\/div>\n
Mr. Short, who had been close to Mr. Spicer, resigned shortly after Mr. Scaramucci confirmed to reporters that he was planning to fire Mr. Short.\u00a0Full story \u00bb<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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