Mira Ricardel still at White House despite Melania Trump's call for her ouster

One day after first lady Melania Trump 's office called for the ouster of deputy national security adviser Mira Ricardel, a White House official confirmed Wednesday that Ricardel is still employed there.

The first lady's rare public foray into West Wing staff battles reportedly stuck between Ricardel and the East Wing over a recent trip to Africa, and more likely that Ricardel was responsible for unflattering stories about Melania Trump.

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Ricardel has also been a member of the National Security Council, along with John Bolton, a national security adviser, and has reportedly played a role in the relationship between the White House and Pentagon.

In an extraordinary move on Tuesday, a spokesman for the first lady released a statement announcing that "it is the position of the Office of the First Lady that [Ricardel] no longer deserves the honor of serving in this White House. "

The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday that chief of staff John Kelly had pushed Bolton to remove Ricardel for weeks, and when he was met with resistance, he raised the issue to President Donald Trump. The Journal reported that Trump had decided to remove Ricardel, a goal at White House official said Wednesday afternoon that she was still on the job, despite the pressure of multiple fronts.

The first lady indicated in an interview during her visit to the house of certain White House staffers to her husband, although not all of them had been removed from their jobs.

Asked by ABC News' Tom Llamas if Melania Trump had been relayed to Trump which staff did not trust, she answered that she gave her my honest advice. "Asked what Trump did with her advice, she replied that" some people, they do not work there anymore. "