{"id":67784,"date":"2021-01-07T11:41:46","date_gmt":"2021-01-07T16:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=67784"},"modified":"2021-01-07T11:41:47","modified_gmt":"2021-01-07T16:41:47","slug":"trump-admin-officials-resign-following-protest-at-capitol-building-which-left-4-people-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-admin-officials-resign-following-protest-at-capitol-building-which-left-4-people-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump admin. officials resign following protest at Capitol Building, which left 4 people dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-admin-officials-resign-following-protest-at-capitol-building-which-left-4-people-dead%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=67784&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"315\" height=\"210\" src=\"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/GRISHAM-315x210.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"float:left;margin:0 15px 15px 0\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2354766\" style=\"width: 665px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2354766\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2354766 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/GRISHAM-655x437.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"655\" height=\"437\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2354766\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham listens as President Donald Trump speaks to the media on the South Lawn of the White House, Oct. 3, 2019, in Washington, D.C.(Andrew Harnik\/AP Photo)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>\nUPDATED 8:40 AM PT \u2013 Thursday, January 7, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Multiple White House aides and administration officials have resigned after at least four people were killed during a protest at the Capitol Building.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports Wednesday, the First Lady&#8217;s Chief of Staff, Stephanie Grisham, was the first to step down hours after the demonstration. In a statement, Grisham said it was an &#8220;honor to serve the country in the White House.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It has been an honor to serve the country in the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhiteHouse?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WhiteHouse<\/a> . I am very proud to have been a part of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FLOTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FLOTUS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MELANIATRUMP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MELANIATRUMP<\/a> mission to help children everywhere, &amp; proud of the many accomplishments of this Administration. Signing off now &#8211; you can find me at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OMGrisham?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@OMGrisham<\/a> \u2764\ufe0f\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Stephanie Grisham (@StephGrisham45) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StephGrisham45\/status\/1346984823882199041?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 7, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While Grisham did not specifically mention the protest, others did. This included Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Matthews who released a statement noting, &#8220;as someone who worked in the halls of Congress, I was deeply disturbed by what I saw today. She added, &#8220;our nation needs a peaceful transfer of power.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This was followed with the resignation of White House Social Secretary Rickie Niceta and Deputy National Security Adviser Matthew Pottinger on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday morning, former chief of staff and Special Envoy to Northern Ireland Mick Mulvaney also resigned. In an interview, he put it simply by stating he &#8220;can&#8217;t stay.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I wouldn&#8217;t be surprised to see more of my friends resign over the course of the next 24-48 hours,&#8221; he stated. &#8220;It would be completely understandable if they did.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While reports speculate additional officials are considering stepping down before January 20, the President has vowed &#8220;there will be an orderly transition.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h4>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/president-trump-pledges-orderly-transition-of-power\/\"> President Trump pledges orderly transition of power<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham listens as President &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2180619,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/GRISHAM-315x210.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Trump admin. officials resign following protest at Capitol Building, which left 4 people dead","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/GRISHAM-315x210.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Trump admin. officials resign following protest at Capitol Building, which left 4 people dead","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67784\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2180619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}