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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Johanna Chisholm

CBS facing backlash from staff after hiring ex-Trump chief of staff Mick Mulvaney as pundit, report says

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Staff from within CBS News are expressing their dismay at the company’s decision to hire ex-Donald Trump chief of staff Mick Mulvaney as a pundit for the network, the Washington Postreported.

On Tuesday, the company announced that the former Trump aide, who was notorious for spreading falsehoods and bashing the very press he’s now joining as an on-air contributor, would be a welcome addition to the network for the varied experience he would bring from within the White House (he’s served as both Trump’s director of the Office of Management and Budget and chief of staff).

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