Flags Uncovered In Trump Admin Vetting Docs Include ‘White Supremacy,’ ‘Ties With Russia’

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson looks at US President Donald Trump after a memorial service at the Pentagon for the 9/11 terrorist attacks September 11, 2017 in Washington, DC. / AFP PHOTO / Brendan Smialowski ... US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson looks at US President Donald Trump after a memorial service at the Pentagon for the 9/11 terrorist attacks September 11, 2017 in Washington, DC. / AFP PHOTO / Brendan Smialowski (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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A tranche of internal documents from the Trump transition reveals a whole host of alarming flags about possible candidates for different positions, revealing how cursory President Donald Trump’s selection process was.

The documents, obtained by Axios, flagged former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson as having “Russia ties” that “go deep;” Kris Kobach, considered for DHS Secretary, for his “white supremacy” entanglements; and former EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt for “coziness with big energy companies.”

The vetting, which was outsourced to RNC staffers, highlighted candidates’ criticisms of Trump, putting them near the top of the files. In some cases, like with former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley and Energy Secretary Rick Perry, the usually thin-skinned President ignored their insults and chose them anyway.

In response to the report, the White House touted Trump’s record, telling Axios that “no disgruntled, establishment, D.C. swamp creature’s cowardly leaks can change” his legacy.

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  1. Sounds like a list of attributes needed for a position in tRump’s cabinet.

  2. In response to the report, the White House touted Trump’s record, telling Axios that “no disgruntled, establishment, D.C. swamp creature’s cowardly leaks can change” his legacy.

    His legacy of filling his administration and courts with corrupt, hyper-partisan, complicit, toadying, cowardly swamp creatures, along with a few who showed signs of growing a backbone and had to be drained out.

  3. Amazing how this White House inadvertently sometimes says the most accurate and clarifying things.

  4. Avatar for paulw paulw says:

    Why would RNC staffers even want to do a decent job on this?

  5. Avatar for jcs jcs says:

    Russia loyalty, white supremacy all around. Deep corporate oil roots! It’s all there reinforcing what we all knew-traitors and racists.

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