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Politics and Government News
The Associated Press
Washington

Mulvaney says he's quitting after Capitol riot

Budget Director Mick Mulvaney speaks
Then-Budget Director Mick Mulvaney speaks about President Donald Trump's budget proposal in 2017. Mulvaney, who was also Trump’s former acting White House chief of staff, resigned his post as special envoy to Northern Ireland on Thursday, saying “I can’t do it. I can’t stay.”
Andrew Harnik | AP 2017

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President Donald Trump’s former acting White House chief of staff resigned his post as special envoy to Northern Ireland on Thursday, saying “I can’t do it. I can’t stay.”

Mick Mulvaney joined a growing list of Trump administration officials who are leaving following the violent riot at the Capitol on Wednesday.

The riot occurred after Trump addressed a massive rally in Washington fueled by the president’s repeated allegations that he lost the November election because of election fraud, which is not substantiated. A mob breached the Capitol building just as lawmakers were working to certify Electoral College votes in the election, sealing President-elect Joe Biden’s victory.

Mulvaney said he called Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Wednesday night to tell him that he was resigning. He served as acting White House chief of staff from January 2019 until March 2020. Before that, he was director of the Office of Management and Budget.

“I can’t do it. I can’t stay,” Mulvaney told CNBC, which was first to report the resignation. “Those who choose to stay, and I have talked with some of them, are choosing to stay because they’re worried the president might put someone worse in.”