Top HHS Spokesperson Quits, Just Weeks After Being Sworn In

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A top spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has resigned just weeks after being sworn in.

Tom Corry, an assistant secretary of public affairs at HHS,esignation on Friday in a LinkedIn post announced his r.

Corry previously served under President Trump’s first administration.

In his LinkedIn post, Corry wrote, “I want to announce to my friends and colleagues that last Friday, I announced my resignation effective immediately. To my colleagues at HHS, I wish you the best and great success.”

Check out what The Hill reported:

A top spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) who served during President Trump’s first administration announced his abrupt resignation just weeks after being sworn in to his new role in Trump’s second term.

Tom Corry, who served as assistant secretary of public affairs at HHS, announced on LinkedIn he resigned Friday effective immediately.

“I want to announce to my friends and colleagues that last Friday I announced my resignation effective immediately. To my colleagues at HHS, I wish you the best and great success,” wrote Corry.

Corry served in the first Trump administration in a similar role, that of senior adviser and director of communications at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
He resigned less than two weeks after announcing he had been appointed and sworn in, writing at the time on LinkedIn he was “thankful that I’ll be part of the team that is going to work to make America healthy again, and on making healthcare more affordable and accessible.”
HHS did not immediately respond when reached by The Hill for comment on Corry’s abrupt departure.

Per Politico:

The top spokesperson at the Health and Human Services Department has abruptly quit after clashing with Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his close aides over their management of the agency amid a growing measles outbreak, two people familiar with the matter told POLITICO.

Thomas Corry announced on Monday that he had resigned “effective immediately,” just two weeks after joining the department as its assistant secretary for public affairs.



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