Pompeo alleges Haley plotted with Kushner and Ivanka Trump to try to become vice president - CNN

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Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo claims successful his upcoming memoir that erstwhile UN Ambassador Nikki Haley plotted with erstwhile President Donald Trump’s girl Ivanka and his son-in-law Jared Kushner to effort to go Trump’s vice president, according to an excerpt of the publication obtained by CNN.

Pompeo, successful his publication “Never Give an Inch: Fighting for the America I Love,” takes respective shots astatine imaginable 2024 Republican rivals, including Haley and erstwhile nationalist information advisor John Bolton, arsenic the onetime Kansas congressman and CIA manager fuels speculation astir his ain statesmanlike ambitions.

Pompeo writes that helium was told by John Kelly, Trump’s main of unit astatine the time, that Haley had scheduled a gathering with the president to sermon what she claimed was a idiosyncratic substance and past came to the Oval Office gathering with Kushner and Ivanka Trump, who were serving arsenic White House elder advisers.

“As champion Kelly could tell, they were presenting a imaginable ‘Haley for vice president’ option. I can’t corroborate this, but helium was definite helium had been played, and helium was not blessed astir it. Clearly, this sojourn did not bespeak a squad effort but undermined our enactment for America,” Pompeo writes successful his book.

CNN has reached retired to Kelly for remark connected Pompeo’s claim.

Haley refuted Pompeo’s allegations connected Thursday, saying she “never had a speech with Jared, Ivanka, oregon the president astir the vice presidentship.”

“Pompeo adjacent says he’s not definite if it’s true,” the erstwhile South Carolina politician told Fox News, dismissing the assertion arsenic “gossip” and saying “there is nary information to it.”

“What I’ll archer you is it’s truly bittersweet erstwhile you’re having to spell retired determination and enactment lies and gossip to merchantability a book,” Haley said. “I don’t cognize wherefore helium said it but that’s precisely wherefore I stayed retired of DC arsenic overmuch arsenic imaginable – to get distant from the play and get distant from the gossip.

But a White House root from that clip has backed Pompeo’s claim, adding much discourse by recalling however Kushner and Ivanka Trump were pushing Haley to beryllium caput of authorities to win Rex Tillerson, who had objected to Kushner getting progressive successful overseas relations excessively often and successful ways Tillerson disagreed with.

But the president was not enamored with the thought and went with Pompeo, with whom helium got on amended and whom helium liked more, the root said.

After that switch, Trump began talking negatively astir his vice president, Mike Pence, who helium thought was excessively often trying to person him to backmost disconnected arguable statements oregon actions. Kushner and Ivanka Trump began pushing Haley again, the root said. Kelly tried to speech the president retired of it, arguing that Pence had helped triumph him the enactment of evangelical Christian voters successful 2016. Kelly was surprised, the root said, that Pence lasted done the 2020 election.

Pompeo, whose publication volition beryllium published adjacent week, is besides scathing successful his appraisal of Bolton, who has said helium whitethorn motorboat a statesmanlike bid to halt Trump from getting a 2nd word successful office.

Pompeo takes contented with Bolton’s 2020 book “The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir” and claims the erstwhile Trump nationalist information advisor divulged classified accusation and should beryllium prosecuted.

“His self-serving stories contained classified accusation and profoundly delicate details astir conversations involving a sitting commandant successful chief,” Pompeo writes. “That’s the precise explanation of treason.”

“John Bolton should beryllium successful jailhouse for spilling classified information. I anticipation I tin 1 time attest astatine a transgression proceedings arsenic a witnesser for the prosecution,” Pompeo writes.

When Bolton wrote the book, determination was important contention implicit information reviews of the publication earlier it was published.

“My publication was afloat cleared successful the prepublication reappraisal process conducted by the cognizant vocation NSC Senior Director, whose location bureau was the National Archives,” Bolton told CNN successful effect to Pompeo’s claims.

“Pompeo’s comments archer you much astir his quality than astir my book,” helium added.

Trump remains the lone declared candidate successful the 2024 statesmanlike election, but respective Republicans person signaled they could leap into the race. CNN has reported that President Joe Biden plans to motorboat his reelection run sometime aft his State of the Union address, which is scheduled for February 7.