>
Article snippet: A group of nearly 300 of Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin's college classmates from his Yale 1985 graduation class are urging him to resign, in an effort to distance himself from President Trump's remarks on violence in Charlottesville, Va. The letter, says Mnuchin has a "moral obligation" to resign from his role in the president's cabinet. "We, some of your fellow members of the Yale College Class of 1985, write to you today in response to President Trump’s comments on the recent events in Charlottesville. We believe it is your moral obligation to resign your post as Secretary of the Treasury, effective immediately," the letter reads. "We understand that graduates of Yale College have served the United States proudly as presidents, members of the cabinet, and in many other capacities since its founding, and that rarely, if ever, have any of us made such a request of a classmate, whatever our differences in political opinion have been." The letter was issued in response to Trump's bombastic press conference on Tuesday, during which he doubled down on claims that "both sides" at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va., were responsible for the violence that resulted in one death and more than a dozen injured. “What about the alt-left that came charging at the — as you say, the alt-right?” Trump asked. “Do they have any semblance of guilt? What about the fact they came charging with clubs in their hands, swinging clubs? Do they have any problem? I think ... Link to the full article to read more