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President Joe Biden has removed Capitol architect Brett Blanton from his post in the aftermath of an inspection which revealed Blanton had abused his position.
Blanton will cease to serve as the architect of the Capitol at 5:00 PM EST, the White House announced.
Biden removed the architect, who serves at the president’s pleasure, after Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said he had lost confidence in Blanton’s ability to perform his job.
“The Architect of the Capitol, Brett Blanton, no longer has my confidence to continue in his job,” McCarthy wrote in a Feb. 13 Twitter post. “He should resign or President Biden should remove him immediately.”
Blanton was “terminated at the President’s direction,” the White House said on Monday.
Concerns about Blanton center around an Office of the Inspector General (OIG) report finished last year that found “administrative, ethica, and policy violations.” These included abuse of his government vehicle and misrepresentation of himself as a law enforcement officer (pdf).
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