Rep. Frederica Wilson, D-Fla., says outgoing White House chief of staff John Kelly never apologized after she claimed he falsely attacked her.
Her comments came in an interview posted by the Miami Herald on Monday.
It started about a year ago when she was critical of President Donald Trump's handling of a call to the widow of La David Johnson. Johnson had died during a military operation in Niger. Kelly responded by claiming Wilson took undue credit for a FBI office in Miami.
Wilson said she has not heard a word from Kelly after his verbal attack.
"I truly thought he would be fired long before now," Wilson told the Herald. "I think the president was hesitant because of all the publicity that he can't hold staff or he's a bad manager.
"I think [Kelly] made it very clear when he was asked by the media over and over and he said that he would never apologize."
Wilson said she has received death threats in the past year and was unable to cast votes in the House for a week as a result.
Trump has said Kelly will leave his job by year's end. He had been named chief of staff in June 2017.
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