In the latest reason to believe that the White House is besieged by its own interior drama, there tons of reports from different reporters saying Gorka didn’t really resign – he was forced out.
Here’s what Buzzfeed said:
A White House official, however, disputed that account and suggested that he had been pushed out. “Sebastian Gorka did not resign, but I can confirm he no longer works at the White House,” the official said in a statement to reporters.
The White House statement is unusual. A Republican source close to the White House noted in an email to BuzzFeed News, “First time I have ever seen surrogate operations send out something like this.”
A source with knowledge of the situation said Gorka was planning to resign on Monday, his first day back from vacation, during a planned meeting with White House chief of staff Gen. John Kelly, but the letter leaked before the meeting could take place.
I could definitely see that happening, as Kelly appears to be wanting to clean up the White House.
Yahoo News had a slightly different story.
A source with knowledge of the situation said Gorka did indeed resign—but only after being informed on Friday by White House Chief of Staff John Kelly that his security clearance had been revoked, which would have made it impossible for him to continue in his White House job. Gorka was on vacation at the time and due to return on Monday. Instead, after hearing from Kelly, he submitted his resignation.
BUT, that fits with the other report, right?
This all makes sense when taken with the letter he wrote, which is very angry in tone, and doesn’t sound like something one would write if they resigned voluntarily.
Then again, maybe this is all an enormous 14-dimensional chess move by Trump to have all his most vociferous defenders end up on TrumpTV….
Steve Bannon may start a TV NETWORK to ATTACK Ivanka and Jared….