White House staffers are resigning after the violent protests at the Capitol on Wednesday (January 6).
As per CNN, a White House official has said that Stephanie Grisham, the former White House communications director and press secretary and current chief of staff for first lady Melania Trump, submitted her resignation on Wednesday afternoon with immediate effect.
Social secretary Anna Cristina "Rickie" Niceta resigned on Wednesday afternoon, effective immediately.
The two women were among the longest-serving members of the Trump administration.
Grisham began working for Donald Trump in 2015 as a press wrangler on the campaign trail before entering the White House under Sean Spicer as deputy press secretary, CNN reports.
Then, in 2017, she was hired by Melania Trump as a member of her East Wing staff, where, as communications director, she became the most prominent staffer of the First Lady.
"It has been an honor to serve the country in the White House. I am very proud to have been a part of Mrs. Trump's mission to help children everywhere, and proud of the many accomplishments of this Administration," Grisham told CNN in a statement.
CNN reports that they reached out to the First Lady's office for comment on the statement, but they did not immediately respond.
Meanwhile, after assuming the post in February 2017, Niceta served as the administration's sole social secretary, overseeing all events which took place at the White House - from minor meetings to state visits.
The White House press aide Sarah Matthews also resigned on Wednesday and issued a statement saying that while she was honored to work in the Trump administration, she "was deeply disturbed by what I saw today."
"Our nation needs a peaceful transfer of power," she said.
CNN's White House correspondent Kaitlan Collins reports that a number of others are now considering resignation including National security adviser Robert O'Brien, deputy national security adviser Matt Pottinger and deputy chief of staff Chris Liddell.
Bloomberg was the first to report that deputy national security adviser Matt Pottinger has also resigned, with a person close to Pottinger telling CNN that there was very little for him to consider when it came to making the decision.
