Republican National Committee head counsel Charlie Spies is leaving the role after just two months on the job, the RNC confirmed Sunday.
NBC News reports Spies was “pushed out,” based on an unnamed source and with no specific evidence.
However, Spies was previously connected the 2024 GOP presidential campaign of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who was at one point the most formidable challenger to front-running and now presumptive nominee Donald Trump.
In addition, Spies has publicly rejected Trump’s election fraud claims, which served as a point of friction between him and Trump, The Washington Post reported.
The respected conservative lawyer was hired by the RNC in March as the organization prepared for a leadership transition. Trump hand-picked a new chair and vice chair for the committee, promising a radical overhaul of the GOP’s main political group.
Chair Michael Whatley said at the time that Spies and fellow counsel Christina Bobb would be focused on efforts to ensure election security.
“The RNC’s new posture as it relates to this litigation will be an aggressive, proactive effort to ensure that it will be easy to vote and hard to cheat,” he wrote in a letter to members obtained by The Hill.
