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“A restoration is coming. Join us,” he wrote in The Federalist.
Just as he did in office, Mr. Trump is delivering unsubtle warnings to Republican senators that he will ruin them politically if they vote for his conviction next month.
The former president also is monitoring closely which Republicans are still with him, as Sen. Kevin Cramer of North Dakota can attest.
Mr. Cramer was at home Saturday when he received what he termed a “strategic” phone call from Brian Jack, who was a White House political director under Mr. Trump. Mr. Jack told the senator that he had just spoken with Mr. Trump.
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Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao said Thursday she would leave office on January 11.
In the day since violent protesters breached the U.S. Capitol as lawmakers were in the process of certifying the results of the presidential election, many Trump administration officials, including a number of Cabinet secretaries, have condemned the violence and a few officials have resigned.
Acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen said on Wednesday the mob assault was “an intolerable attack on a fundamental institution of our democracy.” In another statement early on Thursday, he said the Justice Department “is committed to ensuring that those responsible for this attack on our government and the rule of law face the full consequences of their actions.” He said the department would bring charges against some of the perpetrators on Thursday and more in the da
Trump budget director accuses Biden team of ‘false statements’ in latest transition spat
President Donald Trump’s budget director is accusing President-elect Joe Biden’s team of issuing “false statements” regarding his office’s cooperation during the ongoing transition, insisting the office has been fully transparent over the course of 45 meetings.
Still, in a letter to Biden’s transition chief dated Thursday, Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought said his office would not help transition officials begin developing their own policies that he claimed would “bankrupt America.”
The letter was the latest development in a devolving spat between the incoming and outgoing administrations over the level of cooperation during the transition. Biden’s team has accused OMB and the Pentagon specifically of withholding critical information that could damage national security, an allegation Trump’s defense and budget officials have sharply disputed.