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Reince Priebus

Reince Priebus is Trump's White House Chief of Staff.

Timeline

2011.01.14GOP elects Priebus as its new chairman nytimes.com
Reince Priebus of Wisconsin, survives seven contentious rounds of balloting to overtake Michael Steele, the embattled chairman, as party officials demand new leadership to fortify the party for the 2012 presidential race.
2011.01.14Priebus Re-elected to Lead Republican National Committee nytimes.com
Reince Priebus pledged to remake and restore the Republican brand before the Congressional elections next year and the 2016 presidential race.
2015.02.15Jared Kushner’s family says it won’t buy Marlins if Jeffrey Loria, a major donor to Trump's campaign, becomes ambassador to France. washingtonpost.com (See also Conflicts of Interest, First 100 Days, Jared Kushner, Rex Tillerson)
2016.05.15Reince Priebus urges G.O.P. unity behind Trump in a series of interviews on Sunday television shows. nytimes.com
2016.11.13Trump picks Reince Priebus as chief of staff and Steve Bannon as strategist. nytimes.com (See also Steve Bannon, Presidential Transition)
2016.11.14Who Is Reince Priebus, Trump's Newly Named Chief Of Staff? npr.org
2017.01.15Priebus to Obama: "Step up" and quiet Democrats who question Trump’s legitimacy. washingtonpost.com (See also Mike Pence, Racism)
2017.01.15White House chief of staff warned the director of the Office of Government Ethics on Sunday to "be careful" about criticizing Trump's handling of his business conflicts. washingtonpost.com (See also Conflicts of Interest, Unprecedented Actions)
2017.01.17Republicans look to Reince Priebus, Trump’s Chief of Staff, to bring stability. nytimes.com
2017.01.29Reince Priebus defends Holocaust statement that failed to mention Jews. nytimes.com (See also First 100 Days, Jews)
“I don’t regret the words,” the White House chief of staff said in response to criticism of President Trump’s statement.
2017.01.29The White House pulls back on part of Trump’s temporary ban on visitors from seven countries by saying that it would not apply to those with green cards. nytimes.com (See also First 100 Days, Muslim Immigration Ban)
2017.02.01Distrust in Trump’s White House, as well as power consolidation in separate spheres by Steve Bannon, Reince Priebus, and Jared Kushner spurs leaks, confusion. politico.com (See also First 100 Days, Steve Bannon, Jared Kushner)
‘Trying to nail down who the leakers are is like trying to count the cockroaches under the couch,’ one longtime Trump adviser says.
2017.02.12Longtime Trump friend Christopher Ruddy blames administration's early missteps on Reince Priebus. washingtonpost.com (See also First 100 Days)
2017.02.15Steve Bannon slams Breitbart News for a report suggesting White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus might lose his job. money.cnn.com (See also Steve Bannon, First 100 Days)
2017.02.18White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus joins Trump's attacks on the media in a contentious interview on "Face the Nation," saying that the press should stop using unnamed sources and stop publishing false stories. cbsnews.com (See also Attempts to Discredit Media, First 100 Days)
2017.02.24Trump's chief of staff Reince Priebus is accused of violating protocols that protect pending investigations from political interference when he reached out to FBI to knock down stories about contacts between the Trump team and Russia. theguardian.com (See also First 100 Days, FBI, Russian Meddling in Election)
2017.02.24White House confirms conversation between Reince Priebus, FBI Director James Comey, and deputy director Andrew McCabe about pushing back against reports on Trump associates and Russia, that appears to violate Justice Department rules. theguardian.com (See also First 100 Days, Russian Meddling in Election, FBI)
2017.03.04Before leaving for Mar-A-Lago for the weekend, Trump summons senior staff to the Oval Office and goes "ballistic" over Sessions's decision to recuse himself from portions of any investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 campaign election, and then, after the meeting, leaves Steve Bannon and Reince Priebus behind in D.C. abcnews.go.com (See also First 100 Days, Russian Meddling in Election, Jeff Sessions, Steve Bannon)
2017.03.04Trump reportedly removes Priebus and Bannon from Air Force One manifest after being enraged over Russian connection leaks. dailykos.com (See also Russia, 2016 Campaign, Steve Bannon)
2017.07.27White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci said that he doesn't know if his relationship with White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus can be repaired, and he urged Priebus to publicly prove that he has not leaked damaging information to the media. washingtonpost.com (See also Unprecedented Actions, Trump Cabinet)
2017.07.28Trump ousted White House chief of staff Reince Priebus and replaced him with Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly, after only 6 months. washingtonpost.com (See also John Kelly, Department of Homeland Security, Trump Cabinet)
2017.07.31Trump formally installed John F. Kelly, a retired four-star Marine general, as his White House chief of staff. washingtonpost.com (See also John Kelly, Trump Cabinet, Department of Homeland Security)
2017.08.08Trump gets a folder full of positive news about himself twice a day. news.vice.com (See also Unpresidential Behavior, Sean Spicer)
The only feedback the White House communications shop has ever gotten in all these months is: “It needs to be more fucking positive,” so some in the White House ruefully refer to the packet as “the propaganda document.”