You turn to us for voices you won't hear anywhere else.

Sign up for Democracy Now!'s Daily Digest to get our latest headlines and stories delivered to your inbox every day.

String of White House Resignations Follow Violent Storming of U.S. Capitol

HeadlineJan 07, 2021

First lady Melania Trump’s chief of staff and former White House press secretary, Stephanie Grisham, resigned just hours after Trump supporters stormed the Capitol. Deputy national security adviser Matt Pottinger also quit, as did Deputy White House Press Secretary Sarah Matthews, who said, “I was deeply disturbed by what I saw today.” Other, more senior Trump administration officials are reportedly considering resigning, including national security adviser Robert O’Brien and Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao.

The original content of this program is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. Please attribute legal copies of this work to democracynow.org. Some of the work(s) that this program incorporates, however, may be separately licensed. For further information or additional permissions, contact us.

Non-commercial news needs your support

We rely on contributions from our viewers and listeners to do our work.
Please do your part today.
Make a donation
Top