Washington Post: “In a forthcoming memoir, Jared Kushner alleges that former president Donald Trump’s second chief of staff, John Kelly, was viewed within the White House as a bully with a ‘Jekyll-and-Hyde’ demeanor who once shoved his wife, Ivanka Trump, out of his way after a volatile Oval Office meeting. Kelly denies the allegation.”
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