Acting US Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf resigns

(FILES) In this file photo taken on March 05, 2020 Acting Homeland Security Security Chad Wolf, announces measures against online sexual exploitation during a press conference at the Department of Justice in Washington,DC. – Chad Wolf, the acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, resigned January 11, 2021, amid rising worries over the possibility of more violence during President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration next week, a DHS official said. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP)

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Chad Wolf, the acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, resigned Monday amid rising worries over the possibility of more violence during President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration next week, a DHS official said.

“The acting secretary is stepping down effective 11:59 tonight,” the official told AFP.

He gave no reason for the resignation but said that Pete Gaynor, the administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, would take over.

© Agence France-Presse

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