‘Highly Partisan’ Official Fired By Trump Quits Anyway — After Smithsonian Attempted To Keep Her

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‘Highly Partisan’ Official Fired By Trump Quits Anyway — After Smithsonian Attempted To Keep Her

1 sourceUpdated Jul 1, 2026

Kim Sajet, the longtime former Director of the National Portrait Gallery who is alleged to have backed left-wing policies, has finally decided to step down, two weeks after President Donald Trump announced he was firing…

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