Former Trump Officials Ordered to Resign, From Advisory Boards or Be Dismissed.
Former Trump Officials Ordered to Resign, From Advisory Boards or Be Dismissed.
The Biden administration has told 11 officials
appointed to military service academy
advisory boards to resign or be dismissed.
CNN reports that a source familiar with the situation
said that the officials had all been appointed
by former President Donald Trump.
The officials who've been
asked to resign include:.
former White House press secretary
Sean Spicer, who was appointed to serve
on a Naval Academy advisory board.
former White House press secretary
Sean Spicer, who was appointed to serve
on a Naval Academy advisory board.
former senior counselor to the
president Kellyanne Conway,
who was appointed to an
Air Force Academy board.
former senior counselor to the
president Kellyanne Conway,
who was appointed to an
Air Force Academy board.
and former national security adviser
H.R. McMaster from a West Point advisory board.
and former national security adviser
H.R. McMaster from a West Point advisory board.
On September 8, White House
press secretary Jen Psaki
confirmed that the request
had been made.
The President's objective is
what any president's objective
is, to ensure you have nominees
and people serving on these
boards who are qualified to serve
on them and who are aligned
with your values. And so yes,
that was an ask that was made, Jen Psaki, White House press secretary, via CNN.
The President's objective is
what any president's objective
is, to ensure you have nominees
and people serving on these
boards who are qualified to serve
on them and who are aligned
with your values. And so yes,
that was an ask that was made, Jen Psaki, White House press secretary, via CNN.
I will let others evaluate whether they think
Kellyanne Conway and Sean Spicer and others
were qualified, or not political, to serve on
these boards, but the President's qualification requirements are not your party registration,
they are whether you're qualified to serve
and whether you're aligned with
the values of this administration, Jen Psaki, White House press secretary, via CNN.
I will let others evaluate whether they think
Kellyanne Conway and Sean Spicer and others
were qualified, or not political, to serve on
these boards, but the President's qualification requirements are not your party registration,
they are whether you're qualified to serve
and whether you're aligned with
the values of this administration, Jen Psaki, White House press secretary, via CNN.
I will let others evaluate whether they think
Kellyanne Conway and Sean Spicer and others
were qualified, or not political, to serve on
these boards, but the President's qualification requirements are not your party registration,
they are whether you're qualified to serve
and whether you're aligned with
the values of this administration, Jen Psaki, White House press secretary, via CNN.
Other more prominent names include ​​former White House liaison to the Justice Department Heidi Stirrup and former Pentagon official Col. Douglas Macgregor.
Other more prominent names include ​​former White House liaison to the Justice Department Heidi Stirrup and former Pentagon official Col. Douglas Macgregor