IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WHITE HOUSE STAFF: “It’s been the latest fight within the impeachment fight. When former top Treasury official Tony Sayegh showed up in the West Wing roughly two weeks ago to discuss a role helping out with President Donald Trump’s war against impeachment, his surprise appearance kicked off yet another West Wing turf battle. Worried about their positions of power in the Trump orbit, a small but vocal group of senior administration officials started to raise concerns about Sayegh. To the president and his allies, these aides argued that bringing on a communications specialist focused on impeachment would make the president look “weak,” or show the White House seemed nervous about the Democrats’ moves even as Trump repeatedly said he did nothing wrong. Sayegh also was tagged internally as a ‘Jared guy,’ meaning an ally of the president’s son-in-law and top adviser.”
–Nancy Cook, “Inside the Trump team’s fight over an impeachment communicator,” Politico, November 5, 2019 6:19 pm