Trump says he’ll terminate LaCivita, Blair if they have consulting conflicts

President Trump on Wednesday said he would terminate outside consultants Chris LaCivita and James Blair if their work conflicted with the White House, following a report that the two were in the Balkans advising a pro-Russian political party and made hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Trump appeared to distance himself from the work LaCivita and Blair did for Republika Srpska, saying that it was fine for his consultants to have additional contracts but that he knew nothing about that work.

“Chris LaCivita and James Blair are outside consultants. They do not work for me, other than as outside consultants,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. “They most likely have numerous clients, but for that, you would have to ask them.”

“They are allowed to do work for others, just like all consultants in Washington,........

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