Trump Sides With Assange, Casting Doubt on US Intel Case on Hacking

Trump Sides With Assange, Casting Doubt on US Intel Case on Hacking
President-elect Donald Trump and Julian Assange. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File-Carl Court/Getty Images)
The Associated Press
1/4/2017
Updated:
1/4/2017

His Cabinet nearly full, Trump also picked a handful of new White House aides.

Omarosa Manigault, a contestant from the first season of “The Apprentice,” is expected to focus on public engagement in the White House.

Trump also hired Rick Dearborn as a deputy chief of staff and Marc Short as White House legislative director. Both previously served in chief of staff positions on Capitol Hill. The new hires were confirmed by two people familiar with the decision, who insisted on anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the hiring process publicly.

Trump spent time interviewing prospects for the Department of Veterans Affairs as well, including Leo MacKay, a senior executive at a military contractor who previously served in the VA under President George W. Bush.

Epoch Times contributed to this report.