Reince Priebus
Reince Priebus is Trump's White House Chief of Staff.
Timeline
| 2011.01.14 | GOP 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. |
| 2011.01.14 | Priebus 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. |
| 2015.02.15 | Jared 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) |
| 2016.05.15 | Reince Priebus urges G.O.P. unity behind Trump in a series of interviews on Sunday television shows. nytimes.com |
| 2016.11.13 | Trump picks Reince Priebus as chief of staff and Steve Bannon as strategist. nytimes.com (See also Steve Bannon, Presidential Transition) |
| 2016.11.14 | Who Is Reince Priebus, Trump's Newly Named Chief Of Staff? npr.org |
| 2017.01.15 | Priebus to Obama: "Step up" and quiet Democrats who question Trump’s legitimacy. washingtonpost.com (See also Mike Pence, Racism) |
| 2017.01.15 | White 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) |
| 2017.01.17 | Republicans look to Reince Priebus, Trump’s Chief of Staff, to bring stability. nytimes.com |
| 2017.01.29 | Reince 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. |
| 2017.01.29 | The 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) |
| 2017.02.01 | Distrust 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. |
| 2017.02.12 | Longtime Trump friend Christopher Ruddy blames administration's early missteps on Reince Priebus. washingtonpost.com (See also First 100 Days) |
| 2017.02.15 | Steve 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) |
| 2017.02.18 | White 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) |
| 2017.02.24 | Trump'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) |
| 2017.02.24 | White 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) |
| 2017.03.04 | Before 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) |
| 2017.03.04 | Trump 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) |