Trump offers Dana White White House press secretary role and orders inquiry into Democrats
Politics · First reported 7 Nov, 21:00 · Updated 01:34
Donald Trump offered UFC chief executive Dana White the White House press secretary position and said he was directing the Justice Department to investigate Democrats. White said he was heading to Washington to meet Trump, but the articles do not report that he accepted the role.
- Trump offered White the press secretary job; White said he was travelling to Washington and would meet Trump on Monday. The article does not say that White accepted.
- Trump said he was ordering the Justice Department to investigate Democrats, accusing them of threatening people.
- Democrats were set to take control of both chambers of Congress in January and had promised investigations of Trump and his administration.
Summary written by Lux AI from 2 articles
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- Role offered
- White House press secretary
- Person offered the role
- Dana White, head of the UFC
- White’s stated next step
- He said he was travelling to Washington and would meet Trump on Monday.
- Justice Department
- Trump said he was ordering it to investigate Democrats.
- Congress
- Democrats were set to take control of both chambers in January.
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- An earlier Lux story reported that Trump said he had offered White the press secretary role and that White had not accepted at that point. [581c2e6d-2915-454d-a818-b032d0e52b88]
- Another earlier Lux story reported Trump’s stated direction to investigate Democrats and noted that the reports described their plans for congressional investigations after the midterm victory. [e5e5e75a-6d00-4e62-86ef-f1fca2f6b87a]
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