It stars a cast of familiar and not-so-familiar characters — including former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn, Trump buddy and billionaire investor Tom Barrack, and even Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law. Both career and political staff inside the White House reportedly agreed that Mr. Harvey’s directive could violate the law. McFarland:Ms. McFarland stated that Mr. Barrack had done an “amazing job” managing President Trump’s inaugural committee and raising donations for Mr. Trump. Ms. McFarland stated that President Trump told Mr. Barrack that he could lead implementation of the Middle East Marshall Plan. In this case, even as senior White House officials were warning that the whole thing violated the law, they pressed on.

Source: Washington Post February 20, 2019 21:45 UTC