iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — Donald Trump’s campaign had its fair share of staff shakeups during the election. And a little over seven months into Trump’s presidency, his White House staff and administration have also seen a lot of turnover.
Steve Bannon was the latest to be axed from the White House, becoming the fourth senior-level official pushed out in the span of a month.
Here are the departures of White House staffers and other administration officials, starting with the most recent:
Steve Bannon
Role in the White House: Chief strategist and senior counselor
Hired: Nov. 13, 2016
Officially started: Jan. 20, 2017
Fired: Aug. 18, 2017
210 days in his tenure
After working as the CEO of the Trump campaign since August 2016, Bannon was appointed to a role in the White House. Trump’s announcement that Bannon would be his chief strategist was met with backlash. Critics opposed Bannon’s purported nationalist views and former career as executive chairman of the website Breitbart News, which posted articles that promoted the so-called “alt-right” movement. Bannon’s firing came a result of the president’s increasing frustration with Bannon, according to one senior White House official. A source close to Bannon told ABC News that he had resigned with an effective date of Aug. 14.
What he’s doing now: Bannon has returned to Breitbart News.
Anthony Scaramucci
Role in the White House: White House communications director
Hired: July 21, 2017
Officially started: July 26, 2017
Fired: July 31, 2017
10 days in his tenure
Scaramucci didn’t officially start in his position until Wednesday, July 26, so he only worked five days on the job. On the day his role was announced, however, Scaramucci took questions from White House reporters during a press briefing.
Almost a week after Scaramucci was hired, The New Yorker’s Ryan Lizza published a detailed account of an expletive-ridden phone conversation he had with Scaramucci. Scaramucci was pushed to resign the Monday following the article’s publication.
“Mr. Scaramucci felt it was best to give chief of staff John Kelly a clean slate and the ability to build his own team,” a statement from White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said.
“The president certainly felt that Anthony’s comments were inappropriate for a person in that position and he didn’t want to burden General Kelly,” Sanders told said in a press briefing the day Scaramucci resigned.
What he’s doing now: Having sold his stake in his fund for hedge funds to join the White House, Scaramucci has instead turned to turn doing media appearances. His first televised interview since leaving the White House was with ABC News.
Reince Priebus
Role in the White House: White House chief of staff
Hired: Nov. 13, 2016
Officially started: Jan. 20, 2017
Fired: July 28, 2017
189 days in his tenure
President Trump announced on Twitter that he was replacing Priebus as his right hand man with his Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly. According to senior White House officials, the president told Priebus he wanted to make a change two weeks before he was fired.
What he’s doing now: Despite being out of the White House, Priebus told Fox News he’s going to be “Team Trump all the time.”
“I’ll always be out there trying to help the President, advance his goals, support him as a friend too,” Priebus said.
Sean Spicer
Role in the White House: White House press secretary
Hired: Dec. 22, 2016
Officially started: Jan. 20, 2017
Resigned: July 21, 2017
182 days in his tenure
Spicer officially took on the role the day Trump was sworn-in as president. But Spicer was named incoming press secretary on Dec. 22, 2016 during the presidential transition. A few hours after Anthony Scaramucci was brought on the team as communications director, Spicer resigned. Spicer told ABC News that he felt “relieved” and that “organizationally” the White House communications team needed a “fresh start.” Though he’s no longer the press secretary, Spicer is still assisting the communications office.
What he’s doing now: After he resigned, Spicer declined to comment on his next steps or formal plans to ABC News, only saying he would be spending a lot of time with his family. There were rumors that Spicer would join “Dancing the Stars” or “Saturday Night Live,” on which he was famously parodied by Melissa McCarthy.
Mike Dubke
Role in the White House: White House communications director
Hired: March 6, 2017
Resigned: May 18, 2017
73 days in his tenure
According to Axios, Dubke left on good terms, but during his time in the White House he didn’t gel with those who had been with Trump since the campaign. After he resigned, Dubke offered to stay on until the end of President Trump’s first foreign trip and “until a transition is concluded,” then-chief of staff Priebus said. Dubke’s last official day was June 2, 2017.
What he’s doing now: Dubke has returned to his work at the strategic communications and public affairs firm he co-founded, Black Rock Group.
James Comey
Role: FBI director
Hired: June 21, 2013
Officially started: September 4, 2013
Fired: May 9, 2017
1,343 days in his tenure
Comey was dismissed by Trump, who the White House originally said was acting upon the counsel of Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, after they cited Comey’s handling of the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s emails. Trump later portrayed the decision as his alone and said that he was thinking about the FBI’s Russian election interference probe when he resolved to fire Comey.
What he’s doing now: The former FBI director testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee on June 8, when he detailed his interactions with Trump prior to his firing. In early August, Flatiron Books announced a deal to publish a book written by Comey in the spring of 2018.
Mike Flynn
Role in the Trump administration: National security adviser
Hired: November 18, 2016
Officially started: Jan. 20, 2017
Fired: Feb. 13, 2017
24 days in his tenure
Flynn, who spent much of 2016 on the campaign trail supporting Trump at rallies and events, was rewarded with the national security adviser position shortly after the election. He lasted just over three weeks before being forced to resign after it was revealed that he misled Vice President Mike Pence about the nature of multiple meetings with Russian Ambassador to the U.S. Sergey Kislyak prior to Trump’s inauguration.
What he’s doing now: Flynn and his business ties to Turkey have been part of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election and possible connections to the Trump campaign.
Sally Yates
Role: Acting Attorney General
Hired: Jan. 20, 2017
Fired: Jan. 30, 2017
10 days in her tenure
After nearly three decades in a career with the Department of Justice, Yates was fired for instructing the DOJ not to defend President Trump’s Jan. 27 executive order barring immigration from seven predominantly Muslim countries.
“For as long as I am the Acting Attorney General, the Department of Justice will not present arguments in defense of the Executive Order, unless and until I become convinced that it is appropriate to do so,” Yates wrote in a letter to DOJ lawyers. She was fired hours after sending the letter. In a statement, the White House said Yates “betrayed the Department of Justice.”
What she’s doing now: Since she’s left the Department of Justice, Yates has penned two op-eds in the Washington Post and in the New York Times that are critical of Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
Other notable departures:
George Sifakis – Office of Public Liaison
Ezra Cohen-Watnick – Senior Director for Intelligence Programs, National Security Council
Michael Short – Senior press assistant
Walter Shaub – Office of Government Ethics director
Vivek Murthy – U.S. Surgeon General
Angella Reid – White House chief usher
Katie Walsh – Deputy Chief of Staff
Preet Bharara – U.S. Attorney
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