Linda McMahon, the now-secretary of education, and Brooke Rollins, the now-secretary of agriculture, unsuccessfully pitched themselves to serve as President Donald Trump’s White House chief of staff – in part failing because campaign staffers intercepted their efforts with an “orchestrated” call from the vice president, a new book alleges.
During the presidential transition process, McMahon, a former professional wrestling executive, and Rollins, who had set up a conservative think tank, rushed to Mar-a-Lago, where Trump and his team of trusted advisers were helping select members of the new administration, vying for the coveted chief of staff role, according to Jonathan Karl’s new book, Retribution, an excerpt of which was published in Vanity Fair Thursday.
