President Donald Trump announced early Saturday that Zinke will resign at the end of the year . Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has often said that he’s not afraid of a fight. In his resignation letter to Trump, Zinke wrote that “vicious and politically motivated attacks” against him had “created an unfortunate distraction,” according to the AP. Zinke’s personal attack last month against the congressman soon to wield oversight power over him only added to the speculation. “For all his feigned swagger, Ryan Zinke lacked the courage or integrity to face accountability, skipping town as soon as he faced scrutiny,” Evers said.

Source: Huffington Post December 16, 2018 00:33 UTC