Key facts
- President Donald Trump will fire advisers Chris LaCivita and James Blair if their outside consulting work poses a conflict of interest.
- LaCivita and Blair provided paid advisory services to Republika Srpska, a territory in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- The advisers were paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for their work.
- Trump stated the advisers are allowed to work for other clients as outside consultants.
- The report detailed the advisers' work while they were leading Trump's midterm political operation.
President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he would immediately terminate political advisers Chris LaCivita and James Blair if their outside consulting work creates a conflict of interest. Trump's statement on Truth Social followed a New York Times report detailing the pair's paid advisory role for Republika Srpska, a self-governing territory within Bosnia and Herzegovina, while they were also leading Trump's midterm campaign operations.