Mick Mulvaney, former White House chief of staff and current special envoy to Northern Ireland, has announced he is stepping down.
“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,” Mick Mulvaney told CNBC in an interview on Thursday.
“Those who choose to stay, and I have talked with some of them, are choosing to stay because they’re worried the president might put someone worse in,” Mulvaney said.
His resignations follow those of several White House staffers, including Stephanie Grisham, first lady Melania Trump’s chief of staff, and deputy press secretary Sarah Matthews.
White House Social Secretary Rickie Niceta and deputy National Security Adviser Matt Pottinger also reportedly stepped down on Wednesday.