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Days after the presidential election, Trump selected RNC Chairman [[Reince Priebus]] as his [[White House Chief of Staff|chief of staff]].<ref>{{#invoke:Cite news||last1=Shear|first1=Michael|last2=Haberman|first2=Maggie|author2-link=Maggie Haberman|last3=Rappeport|first3=Alan|title=Donald Trump Picks Reince Priebus as Chief of Staff and Stephen Bannon as Strategist|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/14/us/politics/reince-priebus-chief-of-staff-donald-trump.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date=November 13, 2016|access-date=November 14, 2016}}</ref> Trump chose Sessions for the position of attorney general.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite news||last=Stokols|first=Eli|title=What Trump's early picks say about his administration|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/trump-cabinet-selections-231617 |newspaper=[[Politico]]|date=November 18, 2016|access-date=November 18, 2016}}</ref> | Days after the presidential election, Trump selected RNC Chairman [[Reince Priebus]] as his [[White House Chief of Staff|chief of staff]].<ref>{{#invoke:Cite news||last1=Shear|first1=Michael|last2=Haberman|first2=Maggie|author2-link=Maggie Haberman|last3=Rappeport|first3=Alan|title=Donald Trump Picks Reince Priebus as Chief of Staff and Stephen Bannon as Strategist|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/14/us/politics/reince-priebus-chief-of-staff-donald-trump.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date=November 13, 2016|access-date=November 14, 2016}}</ref> Trump chose Sessions for the position of attorney general.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite news||last=Stokols|first=Eli|title=What Trump's early picks say about his administration|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/trump-cabinet-selections-231617 |newspaper=[[Politico]]|date=November 18, 2016|access-date=November 18, 2016}}</ref> | ||
In February 2017, Trump formally announced his cabinet structure, elevating the [[Director of National Intelligence]] and [[Director of the Central Intelligence Agency]] to cabinet level. The [[Council of Economic Advisers#Chairmen and members|Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers]], which had been added to the cabinet by Obama in 2009, was removed from the cabinet. Trump's cabinet consisted of 24 members, more than Obama at 23 or | In February 2017, Trump formally announced his cabinet structure, elevating the [[Director of National Intelligence]] and [[Director of the Central Intelligence Agency]] to cabinet level. The [[Council of Economic Advisers#Chairmen and members|Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers]], which had been added to the cabinet by Obama in 2009, was removed from the cabinet. Trump's cabinet consisted of 24 members, more than Obama at 23 or George W. Bush at 21.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite news||url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/president-trump-announces-his-full-cabinet-roster-044552214.html |first=Hunter |last=Walker |work=[[Yahoo! News]] |date=February 8, 2017 |title=President Trump announces his full Cabinet roster|access-date=February 9, 2017}}</ref> | ||
On February 13, 2017, Trump fired [[Michael Flynn]] from the post of [[National Security Advisor (United States)|National Security Advisor]] on grounds that he had lied to Vice President Pence about his communications with [[List of ambassadors of Russia to the United States|Russian Ambassador]] [[Sergey Kislyak]]; Flynn later pleaded guilty to lying to the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] (FBI) about his contacts with Russia.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite news||last1=Goldman|first1=Adam|last2=Mazzetti|first2=Mark|date=May 14, 2020|title=Trump White House Changes Its Story on Michael Flynn|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/14/us/politics/trump-michael-flynn.html|access-date=May 20, 2020|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Flynn was fired amidst the ongoing controversy concerning [[Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections|Russian interference in the 2016 election]] and accusations that Trump's electoral team colluded with Russian agents. | On February 13, 2017, Trump fired [[Michael Flynn]] from the post of [[National Security Advisor (United States)|National Security Advisor]] on grounds that he had lied to Vice President Pence about his communications with [[List of ambassadors of Russia to the United States|Russian Ambassador]] [[Sergey Kislyak]]; Flynn later pleaded guilty to lying to the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] (FBI) about his contacts with Russia.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite news||last1=Goldman|first1=Adam|last2=Mazzetti|first2=Mark|date=May 14, 2020|title=Trump White House Changes Its Story on Michael Flynn|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/14/us/politics/trump-michael-flynn.html|access-date=May 20, 2020|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Flynn was fired amidst the ongoing controversy concerning [[Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections|Russian interference in the 2016 election]] and accusations that Trump's electoral team colluded with Russian agents. | ||