— Philip Rucker, Carol LeonnigNielsen would soon learn that the White House had one main goal for her three days of transition: to get her to sign off on changing the legal succession plan so the White House could install the people they wanted in the department’s top jobs without following the civil service regulations that would place Nielsen’s deputy in charge.
Replicated under Fair Use from A Very Stable Genius: Donald J. Trump's Testing of America by Philip Rucker, Carol Leonnig.