Meadows' seat may remain vacant until the end of his term in January, Republican Party officials said.
ASHEVILLE, N.C. – Rep. Mark Meadows, who announced in December that he would retire at the end of his term,President Donald Trump said in a tweet Friday night that acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, a former congressman who served multiple roles at the White House, is leaving his job and the president is appointing Meadows, a North Carolina Republican, in his place.His seat may remain vacant until the end of his term in January, party officials said.
The shake-up in one of the most powerful positions at the White House follows Trump's acquittal in his Senate impeachment trial and a recent push to appoint highly loyal Trump associates to top jobs and push out others. David Cohen, a political science professor at the University of Akron who studies the office of chief of staff, said it was clear the move had been in the works for some time given Meadows' decision not to run for re-election.
Just two years after his election to the House, he helped found the Freedom Caucus, which has championed conservative causes.
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