Key departures from Trump administration

1. Anthony Scaramucci, White House communications director. Fired 10 days into job after profanity-laced tirade against then-White House chief of staff Reince Priebus and Trump’s chief strategist Steve Bannon

2. Reince Priebus, chief of staff. Confidant of president said Trump had lost confidence in Priebus after major legislative items failed to pass Congress

3. Sean Spicer, press secretary. Long-suffering but loyal spokesman resigned after Trump’s appointment of Scaramucci, saying he wanted to avoid “too many cooks in the kitchen”

4. Michael Flynn, national security adviser. Resigned after it emerged he discussed U.S. sanctions against Russia with Russian ambassador to U.S. before Trump took office, and misled Vice President Mike Pence about conversations

5. James Comey, FBI director. Fired by Trump in May. Comey was leading investigation into alleged ties between Trump campaign and Russia in run-up to 2016 election

6. Sally Yates, acting U.S. attorney general. Fired by Trump after she ordered Justice Department lawyers not to enforce Trump’s immigration ban

Other people fired or eased out of jobs include Philip Bilden (Navy secretary), James Donovan (deputy Treasury secretary), Michael Dubke (White House communications director), Mark Green (Army secretary), Gerrit Lansing (White House chief digital officer), Todd Ricketts (deputy secretary of commerce), and Walter Shaub (director of Office of Government Ethics)


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