US spy chief Tulsi Gabbard quits in latest Trump cabinet exit

She cited her husband’s diagnosis with a ‌rare form ‌of bone cancer as the reason for her departure, but an insider says she was forced out

Tulsi Gabbard ⁠said on Friday that she was ⁠resigning from her job as US President Donald Trump’s director of national intelligence, saying her husband had been diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer and that she was stepping away from ‌her role to help him.

Gabbard advised Trump of her intention to step down during an Oval Office meeting on Friday, Fox News Digital reported earlier. The resignation is effective June 30, it said.

A source familiar with the matter said that Gabbard had been forced ⁠out by the White House.

In her resignation letter posted on social media, Gabbard ‌told Trump she was “deeply grateful for the trust you placed in me and for the opportunity to lead the Office ‌of the Director of National Intelligence for the last year and ⁠a half”.

She cited ⁠her husband’s recent diagnosis with a rare form of bone cancer.

“I cannot in good conscience ‌ask him to face this fight alone while I continue in this demanding and time-consuming post,” she ‌said.