Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to leave Trump administration at end of the year

Zinke kept some meetings off public calendar 02:45 Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump announced Saturday morning that Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke will depart from his administration at the end of the year. "Secretary of the Interior @RyanZinke will be leaving the Administration at the end of the year after having served for a period of almost two years. Ryan has accomplished much during his tenure and I want to thank him for his service to our Nation," Trump wrote in a tweet. The President continued in a second tweet: " … The Trump Administration will be announcing the new Secretary of the Interior next week." The departure comes amid multiple ethics investigations into Zinke as well as a staff shake-up among Trump administration officials , including the President’s chief of staff. Trump announced Friday that his budget director, Mick Mulvaney, will become his acting chief of staff, replacing John Kelly, at the end of the year. The Washington Post reported Saturday that administration officials said the White House had been pushing Zinke to resign for weeks and that he was told he had until year’s end to leave or he would be fired. Citing two people familiar with the discussion, […]

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