In late May, acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney organized a meeting that stripped control of the country’s relationship with Ukraine from those who had the most expertise at the National Security Council and the State Department.
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Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney (C) attends a meeting between President Donald Trump (not pictured) and Italian President Sergio Mattarella (not pictured) in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on Oct. 16, 2019.