With Ms. Remus leaving, the task of responding to those investigations will fall to Mr. Delery, who served as the No. He will be the first openly gay person to serve as White House counsel. White House officials said that Ms. Remus, who had a baby during the campaign, had told the president that she wanted to serve for about a year in the White House. Mr. Richmond, a former House member from Louisiana, left the White House recently to enter the private sector and take a post as a senior adviser at the Democratic National Committee. The tensions between the party’s activist progressive wing and its leadership proved a challenge during his time in the White House.

Source: New York Times June 15, 2022 21:46 UTC