CBS News sparks outrage for hiring former Trump acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney
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The former Office of Management and Budget director's Trump White House past wasn't mentioned when he was introduced as a contributor this morning to weigh in on President Biden's budget. "The hire quickly drew outrage from journalists and pundits. Many pointed out Mulvaney’s role in downplaying the Covid-19 pandemic, his defending former President Donald Trump’s attempt to withhold military aid from Ukraine in exchange for dirt on the Biden family, and his bold claim in an op-ed before the 2020 election that Trump would gracefully concede if he lost," says Mediaite's Aidan McLaughlin. As The Daily Beast points out, Mulvaney is the second former Trump official on the CBS News payroll after fellow former Trump chief of staff Reince Priebus.
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