Michael Pack, the controversial CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, is resigning as of 2 p.m. Wednesday, at the request of the Biden administration. "It is disheartening that my resignation has been requested," Pack wrote in his letter. "This will long be viewed as a partisan act that harmed an office designed to serve the American people and the national interest." Pack, a conservative documentary filmmaker (Hollywood vs.
Religion,Created Equal:Clarence Thomasin His Own Words) and confidant of former Trump adviser Steve Bannon, had only been CEO of the agency since June of last year, but during his short tenure he fired the heads of its news outlets and replaced agency veterans with conservative loyalists.
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