The US Secretary of Health also resigned due to the attack on the Capitol
In a two-page letter, Azar calculates the successes of the US administration, including the rapid development of the covid-19 vaccine, which he said saved "hundreds of thousands or even millions of lives." "The attacks on the Capitol were an attack on our democracy and on the tradition of a peaceful transfer of power," Reuters quoted him as saying.
The headquarters of the
US Congress were attacked during the meeting last week by a crowd of Trump supporters, with the president himself making a significant contribution to the riots. The head of the White House constantly disseminated false and unsubstantiated information about the course and result of the elections, roared his constituents at meetings and on social networks, and just before the riots broke out, called on his supporters to march on the Capitol. Five people died as a result of the chaos.
In response to Wednesday's events at the
Capitol, Education Minister Betsy DeVos, Transport Minister Elaine Cha and Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf have already announced their departure from Trump's government team. The resignation was filed by, for example, White House Deputy Security Adviser Matt Pottinger and former White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney, who now served as the US Special Representative in Northern Ireland.