Stephen Miller’s wife lobbied for him to get top job, telling people to call Trump

Stephen Miller is replacing Susie Wiles as White House chief of staff, and Politico reports that his wife, Katie Miller, campaigned behind the scenes to secure the job for him. President Donald Trump announced the change Friday. Wiles, his longest-serving chief of staff, is out. Miller had been her deputy and is the driving force behind the administration's hardline immigration agenda, according to The Independent.

According to Politico, Trump had grown frustrated with Wiles over several months, and Democrats winning back the House and Senate in Tuesday's midterms sealed her fate. Sources say Katie Miller, a podcast host who once advised Elon Musk, did not push for Wiles to go, but began lobbying once her exit looked certain. She phoned about six people near the president, among them Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and associates of Vice President JD Vance, asking them to relay her case.

Spokesperson Lauren Bis credited Miller with driving the crime crackdown and border security. Seen as more polarizing than Wiles, he helped shape the deportation push and efforts to end birthright citizenship, and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries demanded he be fired.

Summarized by PolitiKool from The Independent’s reporting. Read the full story at The Independent →