{"id":1222854,"date":"2022-01-18T17:08:31","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T22:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1222854"},"modified":"2022-01-18T17:08:49","modified_gmt":"2022-01-18T22:08:49","slug":"former-trump-administration-officials-convene-to-try-to-stop-45th-presidents-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-trump-administration-officials-convene-to-try-to-stop-45th-presidents-return\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Trump Administration Officials Convene to Try to Stop 45th President\u2019s Return"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fformer-trump-administration-officials-convene-to-try-to-stop-45th-presidents-return%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1222854&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Former Trump administration officials met on Monday evening to impede Donald Trump\u2019s 2024 presidential return, CNN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/01\/18\/politics\/trump-administration-officials-against-former-boss-2022\/index.html\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The group was apparently only able to agree on two items: the difficulty of successfully plotting opposition to the former president, and the group\u2019s dilemma of making up for lost time.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Those in attendance on the secretive phone call were reportedly&nbsp;former White House staffers who served at the pleasure of Trump but likely found more harmony with the administrative state, the unofficial fourth branch of government:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Former White House Chief of Staff John Kelly<\/li>\n<li>Former Communications Director Alyssa Farah Griffin<\/li>\n<li>Former Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci<\/li>\n<li>Former Homeland Security and counterterrorism adviser to Vice President Pence Olivia Troye<\/li>\n<li>Former Department of Homeland Security official Elizabeth Neumann<\/li>\n<li>Former Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Chris Krebs<\/li>\n<li>Former National Security Advisor&nbsp;John Bolton<\/li>\n<li>Former DHS Chief of Staff&nbsp;Miles Taylor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Taylor, who wrote an op-ed and book critical of the Trump White House as \u201cAnonymous,\u201d reportedly led the call and leaked to CNN the group was \u201coverflowing with ideas\u201d on how to restrain the former president<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe all agreed passionately that letters and statements don\u2019t mean anything,\u201d Taylor said. \u201cThe two operative words are \u2018electoral effects.\u2019 How can we have tangible electoral effects against the extremist candidates that have been endorsed by Trump?\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_14852762\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14852762\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/miles-taylor-dhs-flickr-cropped.jpg\" alt=\"miles taylor dhs\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Miles Taylor&nbsp; DHS photo by Tim Godbee\/Flickr<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Trump has not shied away from engaging the political sphere since Joe Biden assumed office last year.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has handed out numerous congressional endorsements, mounted a campaign to oust Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) from his leadership position in the Senate, held MAGA rallies, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/09\/donald-trump-laughable-claim-media-tougher-biden-treating-him-kid-gloves\/\">given interviews<\/a> to both Breitbart News&nbsp;and&nbsp;establishment media, even though the establishment media has consistently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/the-media\/2021\/06\/21\/trump-continues-to-give-interviews-to-establishment-media-figures-who-want-to-destroy-him\/\">tried<\/a> to destroy him.<\/p>\n<p>Trump is also raising money through his \u201cSave America PAC.\u201d According to the&nbsp;Federal Election Commission, Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/committee\/C00762591\/?tab=raising\">raised<\/a>&nbsp;$62,074,874.64 from January 2021 to June 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has not announced a 2024 presidential bid but did hint at a potential run during Saturday\u2019s Arizona rally. \u201cTrump Soft-Launches His 2024 Campaign,\u201d the <em>Atlantic<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/politics\/archive\/2022\/01\/trump-arizona-rally-2024-election\/621244\/\">wrote<\/a>&nbsp;about the rally.&nbsp;\u201cTrump 2024 is here, if he wants it,\u201d <em>Politico<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/newsletters\/politico-nightly\/2022\/01\/14\/trump-2024-is-here-if-he-wants-it-495735\">headlined<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Wendell Huseb\u00f8 on Twitter&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WendellHusebo?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\"><em>@WendellHuseb\u00f8<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Trump administration officials met on Monday evening to impede Donald Trump\u2019s 2024 presidential return, CNN reported. 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