(Reuters) - U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price resigned
under pressure from President Donald Trump on Friday in an uproar over Price's
use of costly private charter planes for government business.
The following is a partial list of officials who have been fired or
have left the administration since Trump took office on Jan. 20, as well as
people who were nominated by Trump for a position, but did not take the job:
* Stephen Bannon - Trump's chief strategist, who had been a driving
force behind the president's anti-globalisation and pro-nationalist agenda that
helped propel him to election victory, was fired by Trump in mid-August. He had
repeatedly clashed with more moderate factions in the White House.
* Philip Bilden - a private equity executive and former military
intelligence officer picked by Trump for secretary of the Navy, withdrew from
consideration in February because of government conflict-of-interest rules.
* James Comey - the Federal Bureau of Investigation director leading a
probe into possible collusion between the Trump 2016 presidential campaign and
Russia to influence the election outcome, was fired by Trump in May.
* James Donovan - a Goldman Sachs Group Inc banker who was nominated by
Trump as deputy Treasury secretary, withdrew his name in May.
* Michael Dubke - founder of Crossroads Media, resigned as White House
communications director in May.
* Michael Flynn - resigned in February as Trump's national security
adviser after disclosures that he had discussed U.S. sanctions on Russia with
the Russian ambassador to the United States before Trump took office and misled
Vice President Mike Pence about the conversations.
* Mark Green - Trump's nominee for Army secretary, who had served in
the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, withdrew his name from
consideration in May.
* Gerrit Lansing - White House chief digital officer, stepped down in
February after failing to pass an FBI background check, according to Politico.
* Jason Miller - communications director for Trump's transition team
who was named by the president-elect in December as White House communications
director, said days later that he would not take the job.
* Reince Priebus - the former chairman of the Republican National
Committee was replaced by John Kelly as Trump's chief of staff in July. A
confidant of the president said Trump had lost confidence in Priebus after
major legislative items failed to pass the U.S. Congress.
* Todd Ricketts - a co-owner of the Chicago Cubs baseball team and
Trump's choice for deputy secretary of commerce, withdrew from consideration in
April.
* Anthony Scaramucci - the White House communications director was
fired by Trump in July after just 10 days on the job after profanity-laced
comments to The New Yorker magazine were published.
* Walter Shaub - the head of the U.S. Office of Government Ethics, who
clashed with Trump and his administration, stepped down in July before his
five-year term was to end.
* Michael Short - senior White House assistant press secretary,
resigned in July.
* Sean Spicer - resigned as White House press secretary in July, ending
a turbulent tenure after Trump named Scaramucci as White House communications
director.
* Robin Townley - an aide to national security adviser Flynn, was
rejected in February after he was denied security clearance to serve on the
U.S. National Security Council, according to Politico.
* Vincent Viola - an Army veteran and a former chairman of the New York
Mercantile Exchange, nominated by Trump to be secretary of the Army, withdrew
his name from consideration in February.
* Katie Walsh - deputy White House chief of staff, was transferred to
the outside pro-Trump group America First Policies in March, according to
Politico.
* Caroline Wiles - Trump’s director of scheduling, resigned in February
after failing a background check, according to Politico.
* Sally Yates - acting U.S. attorney general, was fired by Trump in
January after she ordered Justice Department lawyers not to enforce Trump's
immigration ban.
(Reporting by Washington Newsroom; Editing by Peter Cooney and Sandra
Maler)
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