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0	2360	But we begin out of the White House this
2360	4160	AM because Donald Trump has just
4160	6320	confirmed his White House press
6320	8600	secretary Karoline Leavitt will leave
8600	9880	her post.
9880	11600	She's been the only press secretary
11600	14320	during the second Trump term, absent
14320	16840	only briefly from April to July this
16840	19440	year as she went on maternity
19440	21240	maternity leave.
21240	23320	It's only 3 months.
23320	25240	She's the youngest person to ever hold
25240	26880	the role after serving as assistant
26880	28640	press secretary during the first Trump
28640	29990	administration.
29990	30000	administration.
30000	31440	During her time, she promoted
31440	33240	non-traditional media to the White House
33240	35840	press pool and oversaw a shift away from
35840	38000	precedent inside the James
38000	40360	Brady press briefing room. The
40360	41880	28-year-old who employed a
41880	43480	controversial, sometimes combative
43480	45840	communication style with the press pack
45840	47800	has been celebrated by the president on
47800	49920	social media. So he wrote on Truth
49920	51480	Social just a few moments ago, "Our
51480	53200	wonderful White House press secretary
53200	55200	and one of my most trusted aids,
55200	57480	Karoline Leavitt, will be departing her
57480	59800	role at the end of the month so she can
59800	61520	spend more time with her beautiful young
61520	64280	children and family. A decision I
64280	66920	totally understand and respect. Karoline
66920	69040	will now be one of my top outside
69040	71360	advisers and an influential voice within
71360	74080	the Republican Party as we work to defy
74080	77280	history and conclusively win the midterm
77280	79640	elections. Karoline has been a real
79640	81120	leader in the White House and has done a
81120	82920	phenomenal job fighting for justice,
82920	86840	liberty, and freedom since 2018."
86840	88920	So she is the longest uh second longest
88920	91400	serving press secretary for Donald Trump
91400	93440	covering both of his terms. Sarah
93440	95440	Huckabee Sanders still in the first
95440	98280	position, 1 year 11 months. Karoline
98280	100720	Leavitt in second position, 1 year and 7
100720	103320	months. So uh yeah, 3 months maternity
103320	105680	leave is not a very long time and given
105680	107600	the high-stress nature of that job, not
107600	110360	surprised actually that she's decided to
110360	112240	step down and and spend more time with
112240	114000	her family. So that news just in from
114000	116040	the White House that Karoline Leavitt
116040	118240	will depart her role within the next few
118240	120680	weeks.