White House Deputy Press Secretary T.J. Duclo announced on Saturday that he was resigning for making “disgusting, disrespectful and unacceptable” threats against a female reporter in January. Daklo’s resignation came a day later Placed on a one-week suspension Above the event.
Vanity Fair reported on Friday that Duclo had threatened to “destroy” Politico reporter Tara Palmeri if she continued a story about her relationship with Iios Xios reporter Alexei McCam Mand. McCammond had previously postponed the Biden campaign until November, when she told her editors about her relationship with Daklo and was reassigned to cover Progressive and Vice President Kamala Harris.
CBS News could not independently verify the phone’s verification, but a series of steps were taken by the White House’s communications office fees from a conversation three weeks ago, two people familiar with the situation told CBS News. It is not clear why it took the White House more than three weeks to discipline the dukes.
In a statement posted on Twitter, Ducklow said he was “devastated after embarrassing and disappointing” President Biden and others at the White House.
“No words can express my regret, my shame and disgust towards my behavior,” Daklo said in a statement. “I used language that no woman should ever hear from anyone, especially in a situation where she was just trying to do her job. It was language that was contemptible, disrespectful and unacceptable.”
Daclo added, “I knew this was terrible. I knew I couldn’t take it back. But I also knew I could learn from it and do better.” “This incident is not representative of me as a person, and I am committed to regaining the confidence I have left because of my unbearable actions.”
This is the first public statement made by Daklo on the matter.
In a statement, Press Secretary Jane Psaki confirmed the resignation on Saturday, saying she had a discussion with Daklo on Saturday evening. White House Chief of Staff Ron Klein supported the conversation, he added.
“We strive every day to meet the standards that are valued by the President through our words and actions, with dignity and respect, with civility and for others.”
A White House official told CBS News that Mr Biden was aware of the situation and supported Duclo’s decision to resign.
The relationship between Duclo and McCammond came to light earlier this week in a special story for People magazine after the week of January 20, when Palmery reached out to McCammond for comment. A male companion reached Daklo.
At some point that day, Ducklow angrily called Palmerry, according to Vanity Fair, saying he would destroy her reputation and accuse her of writing the story out of jealousy because another man wanted to “McKemund” F-K, and not her. .
McCummond and Palmerry had never communicated the alleged story before, which was assigned to cover Palmerry and did not proceed independently, the Vacuity Fair report said.
Daklo was on Mr. Biden’s team after the recent campaign for the White House. In December 2019, Daklo Announced He was diagnosed with metastatic lung cancer.
The report contributed to Arden Fari and Bo Eriks.
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