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CBS: Sanders may leave White House at end of year | TheHill

posted onJune 14, 2018
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Article snippet: White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders is planning to leave the White House at the end of the year, CBS News reported Wednesday, citing sources in the administration. Sanders has reportedly told friends about her plans to depart the Trump administration. Deputy press secretary Raj Shah is also reportedly eyeing a White House exit, but has not yet decided on a departure date. Sanders did not deny the report in a tweet sent roughly an hour after the report was published. "Does @CBSNews know something I don’t about my plans and my future? I was at my daughter’s year-end Kindergarten event and they ran a story about my 'plans to leave the WH' without even talking to me. I love my job and am honored to work for @POTUS," Sanders tweeted. Both officials are among the most visible members of the Trump administration. Sanders worked on the Trump campaign, and initially worked in the White House as deputy press secretary under then-press secretary resigned last July. Shah worked for the Republican National Committee (RNC) during the 2016 campaign season, and later joined the Trump administration. Sanders and Shah would be the latest communications staffers to depart the White House. Communications director resigned earlier this year. Other communications aides have left the administration in recent weeks amid an effort to crackdown on leaks. Among other leaks that have plagued the White House, The Hill reported last month on a comment made during an internal m... Link to the full article to read more

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