Mike Dubke, US President Donald Trump’s communications director, has resigned amid allegations of leaks to the media from the White House and links to Russia.
Dubke’s resignation was confirmed on Tuesday.
He had offered his resignation earlier this month, White House counselor Kellyanne Conway told the media, but he had offered to stay on during the president’s first foreign trip and Dubke’s last day has not yet been determined.
He will stay on “until a transition is concluded,” said Reince Priebus, the White House’s chief of staff.
Dubke, 47, who headed the office that runs press and other public relations issues, had the post for only three months and gave no reason for leaving, just saying in a statement that, “It has been my great honor to serve President Trump and this administration.”
His job is closely connected to White House spokesman Sean Spicer, a more high-profile…