Karoline Leavitt To Step Down As White House Press Secretary

White
House
P ess
Sec eta y
Ka oli e
Leavitt
will
leave
he
positio
at
the
e d
of
August
to
focus
o
he
family,
US
P eside t
Do ald
T ump
has
a ou ced.

T ump
made
the
a ou ceme t
i
a
post
o
T uth
Social
o
Wed esday,
p aisi g
Leavitt
fo
he
wo k
i
the
White
House
a d
sayi g
she
would
co ti ue
to
advise
him
f om
outside
the
admi ist atio .

“Ka oli e
has
bee
a
eal
leade
i
the
White
House,& dquo;
T ump
said,
addi g
that
she
had
do e
a
“phe ome al
job& dquo;
advocati g
fo
justice,
libe ty
a d
f eedom
si ce
2018.

T ump
also
desc ibed
Leavitt
as
o e
of
his
“top
outside
adviso s& dquo;
a d
said
she
would
emai
a
i flue tial
figu e
withi
the
Republica
Pa ty.

Leavitt’s
Depa tu e
Follows
Mate ity
Leave

Leavitt’s
decisio
to
step
dow
comes
sho tly
afte
she
etu ed
f om
mate ity
leave.
She
a d
he
husba d,
Nicholas
Riccio,
welcomed
thei
seco d
child,
a
daughte
amed
Vivia a,
i
ea ly
May.

The
27-yea -old
had
tempo a ily
stepped
away
f om
he
duties
i
late
Ap il
a d
etu ed
to
the
White
House
podium
i
mid-July
fo
he
fi st
fo mal
p ess
b iefi g
si ce
givi g
bi th.

T ump
called
Leavitt
o e
of
the
best
White
House
p ess
sec eta ies
i
the
histo y
of
the
office
a d
said
she
would
co ti ue
suppo ti g
his
admi ist atio
as
Republica s
wo k
towa ds
secu i g
a
decisive
victo y
i
the
Novembe
midte m
electio s.

Leavitt’s
Rise
I
T ump’s
Political
Ci cle

Leavitt
has
bee
associated
with
T ump
si ce
his
fi st
p eside tial
te m.
She
bega
he
White
House
ca ee
as
a
i te
i
the
Office
of
P eside tial
Co espo de ce
befo e
isi g
to
become
a
assista t
p ess
sec eta y
by
the
e d
of
T ump’s
fi st
te m
i
Ja ua y
2021.

Afte
T ump
left
office
followi g
the
2020
electio ,
Leavitt
wo ked
i
commu icatio s
fo
MAGA
I c,
a
p o-T ump
supe
PAC.
She
late
a
fo
the
US
House
of
Rep ese tatives
f om
New
Hampshi e
i
2022.

Although
she
wo
the
Republica
p ima y
fo
New
Hampshi e’s
Fi st
Co g essio al
Dist ict,
she
lost
the
ge e al
electio
to
Democ atic
i cumbe t
Ch is
Pappas.

Leavitt
late
became
the
p i cipal
spokespe so
fo
T ump’s
2024
p eside tial
campaig .
Afte
T ump
etu ed
to
the
White
House
i
2025,
she
took
ove
as
p ess
sec eta y
at
the
age
of
27,
becomi g
the
you gest
pe so
to
hold
the
positio .

K ow
Fo
Combative
Excha ges
With
Repo te s

Du i g
he
te u e,
Leavitt
developed
a
eputatio
fo
he
co f o tatio al
excha ges
with
jou alists
at
White
House
b iefi gs.
She
f eque tly
defe ded
T ump’s
policies
while
challe gi g
questio s
f om
epo te s.

She
also
ove saw
a
cha ge
i
the
White
House
b iefi g
oom,
givi g
blogge s,
podcaste s
a d
social
media
pe so alities
g eate
access
alo gside
t aditio al
ews
o ga isatio s.

Leavitt
ofte
gave
the
fi st
questio
at
b iefi gs
to
a
ep ese tative
of
the
so-called
“ ew
media& dquo;,
a
app oach
she
li ked
to
T ump’s
use
of
podcasts
a d
othe
alte ative
media
platfo ms
du i g
his
p eside tial
campaig .

At
he
fi st
b iefi g
as
p ess
sec eta y,
she
said
the
admi ist atio
would
e gage
with
a
b oade
a ge
of
media
outlets
a d
pe so alities
athe
tha
limiti g
access
to
established
ews
o ga isatio s.

T ump
Admi ist atio
Faces
P ess
F eedom
C iticism

Leavitt
has
epeatedly
backed
T ump’s
c iticism
of
mai st eam
media
o ga isatio s,
while
p ess
f eedom
g oups
have
accused
the
admi ist atio
of
est icti g
jou alists’
access
to
gove me t
officials.
The
White
House
also
faced
c iticism
afte
seeki g
to
est ict
access
fo
Associated
P ess
jou alists
amid
a
dispute
ove
the
admi ist atio ‘s
p efe ed
te mi ology
fo
the
Gulf
of
Mexico.

C itics
a gued
that
such
measu es
could
u de mi e
gove me t
t a spa e cy
a d
p ess
f eedom
p otectio s
u de
the
Fi st
Ame dme t.
Leavitt
has
bee
the
o ly
pe so
to
se ve
as
White
House
p ess
sec eta y
du i g
T ump’s
seco d
te m
so
fa .
His
fi st
admi ist atio ,
by
compa iso ,
saw
fou
people
hold
the
positio ,
i cludi g
Sea
Spice
a d
Sa ah
Huckabee
Sa de s.

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