Tag: White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain

Biden Praises Klain, Introduces Zients in Chief of Staff Transition Ceremony

With the outgoing Ron Klain on one side and the incoming Jeff Zients on the other, President Joe Biden delivered remarks in the East Room of the White House on Feb. 1 commemorating the chief of staff transition. Klain, who served as Biden’s chief of staff when he was vice president and then accepted the…


Biden Chief of Staff Steps Down, COVID Response Leader to Take Over Role

White House chief of staff Ron Klain will step down from his role next week and be replaced by Jeff Zients, a former Obama administration official who spearheaded Biden’s coronavirus response team. Klain announced the decision in a letter of resignation on Jan. 27. President Joe Biden confirmed the news in a statement. Klain told…


Comer Tells Biden to Release Visitor Logs for Chief Executive’s Wilmington, Delaware, Home

House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is demanding that President Joe Biden make public the visitors log for the chief executive’s Wilmington, Delaware, residence, as well as “documents and communications about all properties and locations searched, including the identities of the Biden aides conducting the searches.” In a Jan. 15 letter…


House Judiciary Republicans Tell Garland, Wray, Klain to Preserve Mar-a-Lago Raid Documents

House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and 18 other Republican members of the panel instructed White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain, Attorney General Merrick Garland, and FBI Director Christopher Wray “to preserve all documents, communications or other information” on the Aug. 9 Mar-a-Lago raid. The instruction came in separate Aug. 15…