U.S. AG Sessions被炒；白宫管家Kelly、内政部长Zinke走人; 国防部长Mattis辞职; 国安部部长Nielsen辞职; Deputy AG 辞职；Kellyanne Conway辞职；国防部长艾斯珀被炒；国安部网络安全主任Chris Krebs被炒; AG Barr辞职

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US election: Justice lawyer quits after attorney general orders 'vote fraud' inquiries

He left as federal prosecutors got the go-ahead to probe alleged irregularities, normally the role of states.

www.bbc.com

US attorney general William Barr has allowed federal prosecutors to probe alleged irregularities in the presidential election, prompting a top justice department official to quit.

The official, Richard Pilger, would have overseen such investigations.

Any such cases would normally be the remit of individual states, but Mr Barr said this was not a hard and fast rule.

Donald Trump refuses to accept Joe Biden's projected victory, and has made unsubstantiated fraud claims.

The president's campaign is seeking an emergency injunction in Pennsylvania to prevent Mr Biden's victory being certified in the state.

The president-elect's projected win there on Saturday took him over the threshold of 270 electoral college votes needed to secure victory nationwide.

 

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接下来走人的是CIA Director Gina Haspel和FBI Director Christopher Wray？

CIA Director Haspel's fate uncertain after Trump fires Esper

President Donald Trump and some of his conservative allies have become increasingly frustrated with CIA Director Gina Haspel in recent weeks, accusing her of delaying the release of documents they believe would expose so-called "deep state" plots against Trump's campaign and transition during...

www.cnn.com

Analysis: Trump shows transition will be as turbulent as his presidency

The question is not whether President Donald Trump is leaving. It's how much destruction, revenge and chaos he will wreak on the way out the door.

www.cnn.com

 

[billwanhua]

Trump administration removes senior defense officials and installs loyalists, triggering alarm at Pentagon

The Trump administration has carried out sweeping changes atop the Defense Department's civilian leadership structure, removing several of its most senior officials and replacing them with perceived loyalists to the President.

www.cnn.com

 

[lindamy]

30 min ago

Another top Pentagon official is departing​

From Ryan Browne, Barbara Starr and Kristen Holmes

(L-R) Robert Wilkie, Mark Esper, Joseph Kernan and Guy Roberts testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee during their confirmation hearing in the Department of Defense on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on November 2, 2017 Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

The Pentagon’s top intelligence official is leaving his post, becoming the latest in a series of high profile departures from the Defense Department.

Retired Navy Vice Adm. Joseph Kernan, the defense department’s Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence has left his position according to a defense official. It not immediately clear if Kernan resigned or was fired.

Another official said Kernan had plan to leave the administration sometime after the election but his departure has been accelerated.

Kernan sent the following message to his colleagues upon his resignation:

“I tendered my resignation as USD (I&S) which will take effect today. I want to thank all of you for your tireless commitment to our nation and supporting me personally over the last three years. It has been my honor to serve with all of you.
My family and I have long planned this departure and I leave knowing that our efforts will continue given your unrelenting dedication to the security of this Nation.”

Kernan has been in the post since 2017 following an unanimous Senate confirmation.

Trump announced on Twitter Monday that he had fired Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, and that Christopher Miller, who serves as director of the National Counterterrorism Center, will become acting secretary "effective immediately."

 

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Trump administration removes senior defense officials and installs loyalists, triggering alarm at Pentagon

The Trump administration has carried out sweeping changes atop the Defense Department's civilian leadership structure, removing several of its most senior officials and replacing them with perceived loyalists to the President.

www.cnn.com

 

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接下来哪些部长被开，哪些人走人？

 

[枫国冰都]

会不会是床铺想武装保权，不想主动和平交权呢？

国防部和中央情报局可能都得换。

 

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List of dismissals and resignations in the first Trump administration - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[枫国冰都]

床铺就是个老小孩，想干啥就干啥，做事情也不慎重一点。最后两个月了。

 

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Trump loyalists get top Pentagon jobs after Esper firing

A day after U.S. President Donald Trump fired Defence Secretary Mark Esper, three staunch loyalists to the president were named to top defence jobs. Among them was a former Fox News commentator who failed to get through Senate confirmation because of offensive remarks he made, including about Islam.

www.ctvnews.ca

 

[lindamy]

15 min ago

Two DHS officials forced to resign by White House​

From CNN's Alex Marquardt and Geneva Sands

Two Department of Homeland Security officials have been forced to resign by the White House, according to sources familiar with the resignations.

A top official in DHS' cyber arm has resigned, amid a national security shakeup by the Trump administration. Bryan Ware has served as assistant director for cybersecurity at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. And DHS Assistant Secretary for International Affairs Valerie Boyd also resigned amid pressure from the White House, officials tell CNN.

DHS, CISA and the White House declined to comment.

Ware's resignation letter, seen by CNN, is addressed to President Trump and says his resignation is effective Friday. In it, he writes that it has been an honor to serve, highlighting his work on election security and the Covid-19 response.

But his farewell letter to staff indicates that he did not want to step down.

He says that he is leaving “with much sadness” and that “it’s too soon.” He went on to list their accomplishments during his tenure. “We secured election day from foreign interference. Boom!” he wrote.

 

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15 min ago

Two DHS officials forced to resign by White House​

From CNN's Alex Marquardt and Geneva Sands

Two Department of Homeland Security officials have been forced to resign by the White House, according to sources familiar with the resignations.

A top official in DHS' cyber arm has resigned, amid a national security shakeup by the Trump administration. Bryan Ware has served as assistant director for cybersecurity at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. And DHS Assistant Secretary for International Affairs Valerie Boyd also resigned amid pressure from the White House, officials tell CNN.

DHS, CISA and the White House declined to comment.

Ware's resignation letter, seen by CNN, is addressed to President Trump and says his resignation is effective Friday. In it, he writes that it has been an honor to serve, highlighting his work on election security and the Covid-19 response.

But his farewell letter to staff indicates that he did not want to step down.

He says that he is leaving “with much sadness” and that “it’s too soon.” He went on to list their accomplishments during his tenure. “We secured election day from foreign interference. Boom!” he wrote.

还得有些人，司法部、联邦调查局...

 

[heureux]

好像有个说法叫 midnight appointment. 似乎特朗普目前在搞这个： 目前提拔某个亲信到某岗位，就是干个10天，也是在其人生中光彩的一笔。 以后说起某人就会说： 前国防部长 等等，尽管他才干了10天.

 

[ottawa_tj]

好像有个说法教 midnight appointment. 似乎特朗普目前在搞这个： 目前提拔某个亲信到某岗位，就是干个10天，也是在其人生中光彩的一笔。 以后说起某人就会说： 前国防部长 等等，尽管他才干了10天.

你确定midnight appointment不是去按摩院？

 

[lindamy]

51 min ago

CIA director iced out of intelligence meeting at White House​

From CNN's Vivian Salama and Zachary Cohen

Gina Haspel, director of the Central Intelligence Agency wears a protective mask while arriving for a meeting with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky, not pictured, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, November 10. Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images

A senior administration official told CNN that CIA Director Gina Haspel has been iced out of an intelligence meeting that was to take place at the White House Friday that included President Trump, Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe and other top intelligence officials.

The official acknowledged that while her attendance is not mandatory, it doesn’t bode well for Haspel, although some of the President’s advisers and outside Republican allies continue to try to talk him out of firing her in this critical transition period.

The CIA declined to comment when asked if Haspel was iced out of the meeting. The White House has not responded to a request for comment.

A source familiar with recent discussions about Haspel’s potential firing told CNN that it is not surprising she was excluded from this meeting given the recent tension between her and Ratcliffe.

Some more context: Ratcliffe is in charge of the agenda for Oval Office meetings of this nature and the Presidential Daily Brief is compiled by the Office of the Director for National Intelligence based on intelligence from various agencies, including CIA.

CNN reported Thursday that some Trump advisers believe Haspel has been "insubordinate" to both the President and Ratcliffe, arguing she routinely circumvents the chain of command to further her own agenda and that of the CIA.

But while multiple sources have told CNN they expect the President to fire Haspel, they have also emphasized that nothing is set in stone until Trump makes an announcement.