US health secretary Alex Azar tells Trump Capitol attack threatens legacy
by Guardian staff and agency from US news | The Guardian on (#5CXBE)
Azar calls attack assault on our democracy' and urges peaceful transfer of power in formal resignation letter
The US health secretary, Alex Azar, warned Donald Trump in a letter that last week's attack on the Capitol threatened the administration's legacy, and he urged the president to support a peaceful transfer of power.
In the two-page, formal resignation letter, dated 12 January, Azar recited what he saw as the administration's key accomplishments but voiced concern that last week's siege in Washington and Trump's false claims of widespread voter fraud threaten to tarnish these and other historic legacies of this administration".
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