'N Topamptenaar by die Nasionale Republikeinse Kongreskomitee het skielik besluit om vroeër vandeesmaand te bedank na die leier van die Huis van die GOP, Kevin McCarthy, en byna 150 GOP lawmakers voted against certifying the Electoral College results, CNN verneem het, in the latest sign of the civil war brewing inside the Republican Party as it seeks to rebuild in the post-Trump era.
Rob Jentgens, the chief financial officer at the NRCC, decided to leave his post after the vote and the deadly insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6, an official familiar with the matter told CNN.
He could not be immediately reached for comment Wednesday evening.
NRCC Communications Director Michael McAdams confirmed that Jentgens is stepping down as chief financial officer but did not say why he decided to depart. Verlede week, the NRCC announced their senior staff, including Katy Williams as the new CFO.
“He’s still employed by the NRCC and is training the incoming CFO,” McAdams said.
The resignation came after House Republicans had a strong election cycle, with all incumbents winning reelection in November and the party kry 13 sitplekke, increasing prospects for winning back the House majority in 2022.
The official familiar with the matter told CNN that Jentgens, a veteran member of the senior staff at the GOP campaign committee, was furious by the House vote after a day of chaos and violence on Capitol Hill. He sent in his resignation and immediately left the building, het die amptenaar gesê.
