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Director Gary Cohn and Chief of Staff John Kelly
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There has been no decision by President Donald Trump

to replace embattled White House chief of staff John Kelly,

but multiple sources say conversations over who could

succeed him have heated up.
CNN had reported the President has been calling

associates in recent days and discussing possibilities.
While no decision has been made, the scrutiny increased after

Tuesday's testimony by FBI Director Christopher Wray.
One source said Tuesday that the big problem was Kelly

was overwhelmed and didn't initially deal with the fallout

over allegations of spousal abuse by former White House

staff secretary Rob Porter's ex-wives. When he realized the

problem, the source said Kelly went into a damage-control

mode, but it was really cover-up mode, and asked people to

say things that weren't true.
A second source says that Kelly was in over his head with

personnel issues and that he has been hurt by his poor

handling of the Porter allegations this week. This source

indicated Kelly was further hurt by friends of Trump outside

the White House saying he should go.
Sources say the conversations center on chief economic

adviser Gary Cohn, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy

and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney as possible successors.
One source says McCarthy is telling people he doesn't want

the job, and another source says he could be more valuable

to the White House in his current role in Congress.
A source said that while Cohn had an issue with Trump

over his reaction to racially charged violence in Charlottesville,

Virginia, that run-in showed that he pushes back, which

would be needed in the chief of staff job.
Cohn, a high-profile Jewish member of the administration

and former Goldman Sachs executive, had told the Financial

Times that Trump's handling of the Charlottesville violence

and protests caused him "distress." Cohn said the administration

"can and must do better" to condemn hate groups.
CNN's Sara Murray and Betsy Klein contributed to this report.