Back in the day, Kelley was bragging that as Chief of Staff he had sole control of restricted access to President Trump to such a degree that all but a select few had to go through him directly before they could meet with Trump so he could control Trump.
Trying to be H. R. Hademann! And where did that behavior get him?
I seem to recall that it was John Kelly and Reince Priebus who talked Jeff Sessions out of resigning after Sessions gave the go-ahead to investigate Trump for Russia collusion. The senate supported Sessions and warned Trump about retaliating against him.