Acting US Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf, announced in a letter to employees on Monday that he is resigning, citing the riot at the Capitol last Wenesday.
Acting US Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf, announced in a letter to employees on Monday that he is resigning, citing the riot at the Capitol last Wenesday.
Wolf wrote in the letter, "I am saddened to take this step, as it was my intention to serve the Department until the end of this Administration."
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View on XHe is the third Cabinet secretary to depart the Trump administration in the wake of a deadly riot at the Capitol that the president incited on January 6.
Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos also announced their resignations in the days following the riot. Multiple other Trump administration officials have also resigned.
After his statement was released, the White House announced that Trump had withdrawn Wolf's nomination to be the permanent Department of Homeland Security secretary.
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