Here are all the Trump officials who have resigned since the Capitol riot

Dylan Stableford
·Senior Writer

With less than two weeks left in Donald Trump’s presidency, a number of administration officials have resigned in apparent protest of President Trump’s incitement of the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol Wednesday, and the White House is reportedly bracing for more departures.

Here is a running list of Trump administration officials who have tendered their resignations so far:

Mick Mulvaney, acting White House chief of staff, speaks during a discussion at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland, U.S., on Friday, Feb. 28, 2020. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Mick Mulvaney, then-acting White House chief of staff, speaks during a discussion at the Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Md., on Feb. 28, 2020. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Mick Mulvaney

Mulvaney, Trump's former chief of staff, told CNBC Thursday that he had resigned from his current post as special U.S. envoy to Northern Ireland. He said he called Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday night to inform him of his decision.

“I can’t do it. I can’t stay,” Mulvaney said, adding that he had talked with other Trump officials who were also eyeing the exits.

“We didn’t sign up for what you saw,” he continued. “We signed up for making America great again; we signed up for lower taxes and less regulation. The president has a long list of successes that we can be proud of. But all of that went away yesterday.”

Mulvaney added that Trump, in his view, was “not the same as he was eight months ago.”

He said many officials are “choosing to stay because they’re worried the president might put someone worse” in their place in the 13 days he has left in office.

Stephanie Grisham listens to Hogan Gidley, then her White House deputy press secretary, as President Trump speaks to members of the media, Sept. 12, 2019. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Stephanie Grisham listens to Hogan Gidley, then her White House deputy press secretary, in 2019. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Stephanie Grisham

Grisham, a former White House press secretary, resigned from her current job as chief of staff to first lady Melania Trump.

In a tweet announcing her departure, Grisham did not say whether her resignation was triggered by Trump’s halting response to the violence. But notably, she did not mention the president.

"It has been an honor to serve the country in the @WhiteHouse," Grisham wrote on Twitter. “I am very proud to have been a part of @FLOTUS @MELANIATRUMP mission to help children everywhere, & proud of the many accomplishments of this Administration.”

Sarah Matthews

Matthews, the White House deputy press secretary, said in a statement Wednesday that she was “honored to serve in the Trump administration and proud of the policies we enacted.”

But “as someone who worked in the halls of Congress,” Matthews explained, “I was deeply disturbed by what I saw.”

“I’ll be stepping down, effective immediately,” she said, adding: “Our nation needs a peaceful transfer of power.”

President Trump walks on the South Lawn of the White House on Tuesday after returning from a rally in Georgia. (Erin Scott/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
President Trump walks on the South Lawn of the White House on Tuesday after returning from a rally in Georgia. (Erin Scott/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Anna Cristina 'Rickie' Niceta

Niceta served as the White House social secretary for virtually all of Trump’s term. According to CNN, which first reported her departure, her duties included overseeing “all events at the White House, from small meetings in the West Wing to the annual Easter Egg Roll, Halloween, state visits and congressional picnics and galas.”

Matthew Pottinger

Pottinger, deputy to national security adviser Robert O’Brien and who had served in the administration from its first days, resigned Wednesday, Reuters reported.

He was a top China adviser and a leading figure in the development of Trump’s policy toward Beijing.

Tyler Goodspeed

Goodspeed, chairman of Trump’s Council of Economic Advisers, told a reporter for the New York Times Thursday that “the events at the U.S. Capitol yesterday led me to conclude my position was untenable.”

Supporters of President Trump storm the U.S. Capitol Building Wednesday. (Evelyn Hockstein/For The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Supporters of President Trump storm the U.S. Capitol Building Wednesday. (Evelyn Hockstein/Washington Post via Getty Images)

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