The following article by Ashley Parker, Philip Rucker and Josh Dawsey was posted on the Washington Post website April 29, 2018:
White House doctor Ronny L. Jackson withdrew from the nomination to head the Department of Veterans Affairs, the White House said on April 26. (Reuters)
Attorney General Jeff Sessions, then the star of President Trump’s early Cabinet, was assembling his staff and picked Sarah Isgur Flores as his top spokeswoman.
There was just one problem: She had criticized Trump, repeatedly, during the 2016 Republican primaries. Flores’s prospects for a Justice Department job stalled, and Trump’s advisers knew there was only one way Sessions would be able to hire her: If she kowtowed to Trump. Continue reading “‘Ready, shoot, aim’: President Trump’s loyalty tests cause hiring headaches”