Trump tweets Sarah Huckabee Sanders out as White House Press Secretary

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White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders speaks during the daily press briefing at the White House, Tuesday, April 10, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders speaks during the daily press briefing at the White House, Tuesday, April 10, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders will be leaving the Trump administration at the end of the month.

President Donald Trump announced the news on Twitter Wednesday. He says Sanders will be returning to her home state of Arkansas and has not immediately named a successor.

Sanders is one of the president’s closest and most trusted White House aides and one of the few remaining who worked on his campaign.

Her tenure was marked by a breakdown in regular White House press briefings and questions about the administration’s credibility.

Special counsel Robert Mueller’s revealed that Sanders admitted to investigators that she had made an unfounded claim that “countless” FBI agents had reached out to express support for Trump’s decision to fire FBI Director James Comey in May 2017.

Trump tweeted:

“After 3 1/2 years, our wonderful Sarah Huckabee Sanders will be leaving the White House at the end of the month and going home to the Great State of Arkansas…. She is a very special person with extraordinary talents, who has done an incredible job! I hope she decides to run for Governor of Arkansas – she would be fantastic. Sarah, thank you for a job well done!”

He also said “Sarah would make an excellent Governor of Arkansas. Thank you for your service!”

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