Maggie Haberman: Rubio, Hegseth, Todd Blanche, and Kash Patel Know that ‘They Have to Answer’ to Stephen Miller

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HABERMAN: “Incredibly afraid to cross. And we we that we say that outright about Miller. Uh you know that during the transition I read this in the book people for very senior level cabinet positions defense secretary um uh attorney general deputy attorney general etc had to understand that Steven Miller was someone they had to work with or at least you know fear crossing and across the board Miller got people like that Rubio Hegsth Todd Blanch Cash Patel Um, this is very, very real. These are people who believe to one degree or another they have to answer to Steven. Um, Katie Miller worked for Doge. She the the Elon Musk temporary agency. Uh, she does not have a government role anymore, but it doesn’t matter. She’s at the White House a lot. Uh, you know, some of those people are friends of hers. Some of them are afraid of her if they’re being honest. You know, she was very good during her time there. And we write about this in the book at using Musk’s name to get her way on matters like personnel. She now hosts a podcast that has had a rotating series of appearances from um senior level White House officials. This is not a podcast with a huge listener base. Uh but they all find themselves there. So people can make of that what they will. But they have an enormous amount of power and it to your question it does radiate outside the government.”