January 16th – The impact caused by the riots in the United States Congress continues. Several foreign media reported that on Friday (15th), local time, U.S. Health Secretary Alex Azar resigned due to the congressional riots.
According to foreign media such as CNN and Russian Satellite News Agency, U.S. Health Secretary Alex Azar submitted a resignation letter to Trump on the 15th and resigned as Secretary of Health.
However, he said he would remain in office until January 20, the day the new president was sworn in.
According to the report, Hazard also urged Trump to explicitly condemn any form of violence and called on him to ask anyone not to try to undermine the upcoming presidential inauguration.