Trump’s “unprecedented” history of pressuring officials

On the February 1, 2018, episode of Deadline: Washington on MSNBC, host Nicole Wallace listed the number of people publicly known to date to have been asked by President Trump for their loyalty to him.  We reproduce it below:

  • former FBI Director James Comey — asked for loyalty pledge
  • Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein — asked ‘are you on my team?”
  • Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats — asked to publicly deny collusion evidence
  • NSA Director Mike Rogers — asked to publicly deny collusion evidence
  • former FBI Deputy Direction Andrew McCabe — asked who he voted for
  • current FBI Director Christopher Wray ‚ publicly pressured to fire McCabe

You can view the video segment here.