President Donald Trump said Wednesday he would cut ties with two longtime political advisers if he believed their work as external consultants posed a conflict of interest, a day after a detailed report Chris La Civita And That of James Blair paid advisor to a Russian-aligned government in the Balkans.
“I have no idea who else they work for, but on second thought I will ask them and if there is a conflict I will fire them immediately!” Asset wrote Wednesday on Truth Social.
The warning followed a New York Times report that the two political advisors traveled to Republika Srpska, an autonomous territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina, to provide electoral advice while helping to run Trump’s mid-term political operation. Each received hundreds of thousands of dollars through a Washington law firm retained by the territory’s government, the Times reported.
The consultations led by the two men sparked some criticism from Republicans, particularly from their rivals in MAGA circles. “(California Governor Gavin) Newsom just said “Democrats need to focus on ending Trump’s presidency in 28 days while these two crooks are out of the country – and we wonder why the MAGA base may have a lack of enthusiasm,” Steve Bannon told POLITICO playbook. “We need a forensic audit to determine where the money went so the president has the information he needs to hold people accountable.” »
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