Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) chief David Pekoske was forced out of office only hours after President Donald Trump took the oath of office on Monday and quickly asserted his control over the federal government.
Pekoske was originally nominated to the position by Trump in 2017 and was reconfirmed to the role in 2022 during Biden’s lone term. It was reported that he planned to stay in office until his current five-year term was up, but now that is not to be.
The TSA administrator sent a memo informing his underlings that he was advised by Trump’s transition team “that my time as your administrator will end at noon ET today,” Reuters reported.
The TSA came under fire when it became known that the agency had
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