The budget chief of the former President Trump
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Russell Vought, a former director of the Office of Management and Budgets (OMB), posted on Twitter a letter sent from the White House calling for the council to resign at the end of Wednesday.
“If we do not receive your resignation, your position on the Board will be extinguished, starting at 6pm tonight,” the letter states.
Vought responded to the letter: “No. It’s a three-year term. “
In response to questions about whether Vought should resign, the Navy Academy noted the statute of its Visitors ’Board, which established that the nominees appointed by the president serve for three years. A person can serve further until his successor is appointed.
They referred all other questions to the White House.
Trump in December, weeks before he left office, appointed several political allies to military service academy boards after firing longtime experts.
Along with Vought’s appointment to the Naval Academy, Trump also appointed his former campaign director. Corey Lewandowski
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The White House also called for the resignation of six members of the West Point Visitors Board who were also nominated by Trump, including Macgregor.
Asked about resignation requests later Wednesday, the White House press secretary said Jen Psaki
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Asked about the risk of politicizing boards, removing people from the roles that often remain between administrations, Psaki said she “would let others evaluate whether they think Kellyanne Conway and Sean Spicer
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Other members of the West Point board who called for his resignation Wednesday were Trump’s former national security adviser, RH McMaster; the former chief of the army, General Jack Keane; former U.S. Army Chief of Staff Guy Swan; and West Point student David Urban, whom Trump named chairman of the American Battle Monuments Commission.
Updated at 3:56 p.m.