FILE PHOTO: Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC), member of the House Judiciary Committee, takes questions from the press as FBI agent Peter Strzok meets with the House Judiciary Committee at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, U.S., June 27, 2018. REUTERS/Toya Sarno Jordan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump told Republican U.S. Representative Mark Meadows that he wants him to stay in Congress rather than take the White House chief of staff job the president is seeking to fill, a White House official said on Wednesday.
Meadows had been among 10 or 12 people that Trump is considering for the post that retired General John Kelly is leaving early in 2019.
‘Congressman Mark Meadows is a great friend to President Trump and is doing an incredible job in Congress. “The president told him we need him in Congress so he can continue the great work he is doing there,” a White House official said.
Reporting by Steve Holland; Editing by Peter Cooney
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