Leavitt Exits White House for Trump Super PAC
Leavitt Exits White House for Trump Super PAC
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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt is leaving the podium at the end of August and going to work for MAGA Inc., President Trump's super PAC, she told reporters aboard Air Force One on Friday.
It is a return trip: Leavitt was the super PAC's spokeswoman before she joined Trump's 2024 campaign.
She did not say what her title will be, and MAGA Inc. has not issued a statement, BizPac Review reported.
Leavitt announced her departure just over a week earlier, saying she wanted more time with her two young children. No replacement has been named.
Where the money is
MAGA Inc. is the Trump- and GOP-aligned committee that will help bankroll Republicans in November. The Washington Times, citing Federal Election Commission disclosures, reported the super PAC holds more than $403 million in cash, built mainly on donations from conservative megadonors. The Hill reported the group has accumulated more than $350 million ahead of the midterms.
Timeline
Leavitt's son is born.
Leavitt becomes the youngest White House press secretary ever, taking the job at 27 at the start of Trump's second administration.
Leavitt gives birth to her second child, a daughter. Cabinet officials and surrogates rotate through the briefing room during her maternity leave.
She returns from maternity leave.
Leavitt announces she will leave at the end of August to spend more time with her family. Trump says she will stay on as one of his "top advisers" and an "influential voice within the Republican Party."
On her last official trip as press secretary — a flight to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, for a Trump rally backing Sen. Darline Graham — Leavitt tells reporters she is returning to MAGA Inc.
Reactions
"You guys will still see me all the time," Leavitt told reporters.
She said she will miss the job "but I love my kids even more," according to The Washington Times. She, her husband Nicholas Riccio — a New Hampshire real estate developer — and their two children will stay in Washington for now.
Trump, standing beside her, made clear he is not short of applicants. "I have never had so many job applications in my life," he said. "They all want that job. They love that job. She's made that job very glamorous."
Asked who might replace her, Trump gestured at the reporters in front of him — "Maybe you, maybe you" — then floated CNN commentator Scott Jennings ("Scott Jennings is good") and White House aide Margo Martin ("What do you think of Margo?").
What's Next
Leavitt steps down at the end of August. She said she will be back for the Republican National Committee's midterm convention in September.
The successor question is open. Administration officials told The Washington Times that Trump feels no urgency and may hold off on naming a permanent press secretary until after the November elections, with Cabinet officials and surrogates possibly rotating through briefings in the meantime — the same arrangement used during Leavitt's maternity leave. The Hill reported Jennings and Katie Miller, wife of White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, are among those under consideration. Several rumored names have publicly played down their interest.
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Leavitt built her reputation at the podium going toe to toe with veteran reporters. In her departure announcement she said her "fight" against the Democratic Party would not end when she left the job — and the destination proves the point. MAGA Inc. is the vehicle Trump's biggest donors use to move money into races, and Leavitt is walking into it eleven weeks before the midterms.
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