Mulvaney's recent moves are "incomprehensible," a person close to the White House said, and have created more questions than answers. A person familiar with Mulvaney's thinking insisted he was acting in close coordination with the White House counsel's office as he took the legal steps. The legal maneuvers also angered the White House counsel's Office. The White House counsel's office was perplexed and outraged with the strategy, the person close to the White House said, asking "what the hell is he doing?" Even last night, when Mulvaney was planning to sue the House, the White House counsel's office didn't object to it.

Source: CNN November 13, 2019 00:19 UTC