Joe Biden’s top science adviser, Eric Lander, resigned Monday evening after an internal White House investigation found he bullied subordinates.
Serving as the director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), a two-month investigation found that Lander was disrespectful towards staff and spoke to women colleagues “in a demeaning or abrasive way” in public settings, White House deputy director of management and administration for personnel Christian Peele said in a 20-minute briefing outlining the investigation.
The briefing and internal investigation was first reported by Politico.
Lander’s resignation comes hours after White House press secretary Jen Psaki repeatedly dodged questions about the debacle – including why Biden, who publicly promised to fire anyone “on the spot” who was disrespectful towards colleagues – had not yet let Lander loose.
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