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Several House Judiciary Committee aides helped craft the controversial directive without telling Republican leaders
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Senior staffers on the House Judiciary Committee helped Donald Trump's top aides draft the executive order curbing immigration from seven Muslim-majority nations, but the Republican committee chairman and party leadership were not informed, according to multiple sources involved in the process.
The work of the committee aides began during the transition period after the election and before Donald Trump was sworn in. The staffers signed nondisclosure agreements, according to two sources familiar with the matter. Trump's transition operation forced its staff to sign these agreements, but it would be unusual to extend that requirement to congressional employees.
Its extremely rare for administration officials to circumvent Republican leadership and work directly with congressional committee aides.
GOP leaders received no advanced warning or briefings from the White House or Judiciary staff on what the executive order would do or how it would be implemented briefings they still had not received as of Sunday night.
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The episode also has instilled a wariness among GOP aides about the White House.
These executive orders were very rushed and drafted by a very tight-knit group of individuals who did not run it by the people who have to execute the policy. And because thats the case, they probably didnt think of or care about how this would be executed in the real world, said another congressional source familiar with the situation. No one was given a heads-up and no one had a chance to weigh in on it.
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It was intentionally kept quiet. Even key administration officials had not seen it until "just before it was going out," according to one White House source.
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Homeland Security Director John Kelly is expected to visit Capitol Hill on Tuesday and has told others he was "kept totally out of the loop," one person familiar with his comments said.
Hill Republicans on Monday were privately simmering that administration officials didnt seek out their expertise. Most Trump officials lack policy chops and Washington know-how, they argued, and Republicans said they could have been helpful.
One senior GOP aide said that they generally understood Trump's goals to limit immigration, but We're getting tired of all the chaos.
Several House Judiciary Committee aides helped craft the controversial directive without telling Republican leaders
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Senior staffers on the House Judiciary Committee helped Donald Trump's top aides draft the executive order curbing immigration from seven Muslim-majority nations, but the Republican committee chairman and party leadership were not informed, according to multiple sources involved in the process.
The work of the committee aides began during the transition period after the election and before Donald Trump was sworn in. The staffers signed nondisclosure agreements, according to two sources familiar with the matter. Trump's transition operation forced its staff to sign these agreements, but it would be unusual to extend that requirement to congressional employees.
Its extremely rare for administration officials to circumvent Republican leadership and work directly with congressional committee aides.
GOP leaders received no advanced warning or briefings from the White House or Judiciary staff on what the executive order would do or how it would be implemented briefings they still had not received as of Sunday night.
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The episode also has instilled a wariness among GOP aides about the White House.
These executive orders were very rushed and drafted by a very tight-knit group of individuals who did not run it by the people who have to execute the policy. And because thats the case, they probably didnt think of or care about how this would be executed in the real world, said another congressional source familiar with the situation. No one was given a heads-up and no one had a chance to weigh in on it.
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It was intentionally kept quiet. Even key administration officials had not seen it until "just before it was going out," according to one White House source.
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Homeland Security Director John Kelly is expected to visit Capitol Hill on Tuesday and has told others he was "kept totally out of the loop," one person familiar with his comments said.
Hill Republicans on Monday were privately simmering that administration officials didnt seek out their expertise. Most Trump officials lack policy chops and Washington know-how, they argued, and Republicans said they could have been helpful.
One senior GOP aide said that they generally understood Trump's goals to limit immigration, but We're getting tired of all the chaos.
