Mr. Wynn, who had been selected for the committee finance position by President Trump, was facing growing calls to step aside.
WASHINGTON — Stephen Wynn, the billionaire casino mogul and prominent political donor, has stepped down as finance chairman of the Republican National Committee, following a report that he engaged in a yearslong pattern of sexual misconduct with his casino employees.
Mr. Wynn, who had been selected for the committee position by President Trump, was facing growing calls to step aside in the wake of a detailed investigative report in The Wall Street Journal on Friday that said Mr. Wynn had frequently demanded naked massages from female employees, and sometimes pressured them for sexual intercourse or to perform sex acts on him.
In a statement on Saturday, the committee’s chairwoman, Ronna Romney McDaniel, said, “Today I accepted Steve Wynn’s resignation as Republican National Committee finance chair.” The committee had remained silent for more than a day until Ms. McDaniel spoke to Mr. Trump, who has a longstanding friendship with his fellow casino mogul.
The committee is expected to consider a replacement at a previously planned meeting this coming week in Washington. “This is an important position, so they’re going to have to look carefully to find the right person,” said Ronald Weiser, a Michigan real estate developer and former finance chairman for the committee.
A spokesman for Mr. Wynn — who on Friday had dismissed any claims of sexual misconduct as “preposterous” — did not respond to a request for comment about Mr. Wynn’s decision to leave the committee post.
