David Richardson, the acting administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, resigned Monday after roughly six months in the job, according to Reuters. His departure marks the latest upheaval inside an agency already struggling with internal turmoil and heightened political pressure.
Richardson, a former Marine Corps officer, assumed the role in May following the abrupt removal of his predecessor, Cameron Hamilton. His tenure was defined by controversy from the start. In early meetings, according to CNBC, Richardson warned employees that he would "run right over" anyone who resisted his planned overhaul of the agency and declared that he alone "speaks for FEMA."
