Energy Sec. Rick Perry, embroiled in Ukraine affair, to resign and leave job by the end of the year.
WASHINGTON — Energy Secretary Rick Perry, who has emerged as a central figure in the Trump administration's quickly expanding Ukraine affair, has resigned and will leave his job by the end of the year.
President Donald Trump, touring a Louis Vuitton workshop in Texas, told reporters earlier on Thursday that he'd known for six months that Perry was going to leave his post"at the end of the year" and that he already knows who he'll name as his replacement— but did not say who it was.“Rick and I have been talking for six months. In fact I thought he might go a bit sooner," Trump added."We have his successor, we’ll announce it pretty soon.
“It has been a tremendous honor to serve our country in your administration in such a meaningful way,” he wrote in the letter, which also said that his resignation would take effect at a date later this year.
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