Last year, Trump tried to offer the counsel’s job to Rob Porter, with encouragement from Ivanka Trump and Kushner and others. Porter said he didn’t think he was qualified for the job. Trump kept asking. https://t.co/aCo6s4S9Bj

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) August 29, 2018

You remember Rob Porter, right? The guy who couldn’t get a security clearance because of a history of spousal abuse, but was kept on the WH staff because he was banging Hope Hicks at the time?

Yeah, Trump wanted the guy who couldn’t get a security clearance to be White House Counsel.