In a recent interview, White House special counsel Alina Habba raved about the collegial atmosphere in the West Wing to reporter Jessica Rosenthal. According to Habba, “Everybody is collaborating. There is zero drama.
The White House is stripping the White House Correspondents’ Association of its role in managing the White House Press Pool, taking control of deciding who will be a part of the small rotating group of journalists and photographers who accompany the president.
The White House is changing the process of how reporters cover the president. Press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced the Trump administration will choose which media outlets will be part of a pool of reporters that cover events and travel with the president.
Other defenestrations have taken out Boris Epshteyn, Brian Hook, and William McGinley, who had been expected to be White House counsel. Yet even though things have not been completely drama-free ...