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 Drew AngererNick Ayers, vice president Mike Pence's chief of staff, is expected to return to the pro-Trump dark money group he helped found after foregoing a position as the White House's top staffer, a source close to the White House told The Daily Beast.
Ayers and President Donald Trump agreed that the 36-year-old Republican phenom would not replace the outgoing White House chief of staff, John Kelly, after Trump and Ayers could not come to an agreement on the duration that he would hold the post, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.
Ayers instead tweeted that he is also leaving the administration.
Read more at The Daily Beast.
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