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Resignations Stack Up At White House: ‘I Can’t Do It. I Can’t Stay Here’

"Those who choose to stay ... are choosing to stay because they’re worried the president might put someone worse in."

Amanda Prestigiacomo
Resignations Stack Up At White House: ‘I Can’t Do It. I Can’t Stay Here’
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Special U.S. envoy to Northern Ireland Mick Mulvaney, former chief of staff to President Donald Trump, announced his resignation from the White House on Thursday, citing rioters at the United States Capitol on Wednesday.

“I called [Secretary of State] Mike Pompeo last night to let him know I was resigning from that. I can’t do it. I can’t stay,” Mulvaney told CNBC News.

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