Pentagon official, who was sidelined after removal of Jackie Robinson post, resigns 

The Pentagon’s erstwhile apical spokesperson announced his resignation Wednesday aft being sidelined past period for his domiciled successful nan removal of a Department of Defense website celebrating MLB trailblazer Jackie Robinson. 

John Ullyot, who had been moving nan Pentagon’s property shop connected an acting basis, told Politico that his determination to time off nan DoD came aft a gathering pinch Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth grounded to consequence successful a occupation connection to his liking. 

“I made clear to Secretary [Pete] Hegseth earlier nan inauguration that I was not willing successful being number 2 to anyone successful nationalist affairs,” Ullyot told nan outlet, noting that from nan outset, he only offered to assistance nan Pentagon for 2 months connected an acting basis. 

“Last month, arsenic that clip approached, nan Secretary and I talked and could not travel to an statement connected different bully fresh for maine astatine DOD,” he added. “So I informed him coming that I will beryllium leaving astatine nan extremity of this week.”

Ullyot indicated that he will proceed to beryllium a staunch protagonist of Hegseth.

Ullyot had been relegated to a “special projects” domiciled astatine nan Pentagon pursuing nan uproar complete nan removal of an online article centered connected Robinson’s subject background, nan Washington Post reported past month. 

Robinson, a personnel of baseball’s Hall of Fame, collapsed Major League Baseball’s colour obstruction successful 1947, becoming nan first achromatic subordinate to play successful nan modern era erstwhile he made his debut pinch nan Brooklyn Dodgers.

Ullyot initially defended nan removal of nan Robinson article, releasing a connection connected March 19 declaring that diversity, equity and inclusion “is dormant astatine nan Defense Department,” according to ESPN. 

About an hr later, nan nationalist affairs charismatic released an updated connection claiming: “Everyone astatine nan Defense Department loves Jackie Robinson, arsenic good arsenic nan Navajo Code Talkers, nan Tuskegee airmen, nan Marines astatine Iwo Jima and truthful galore others — we salute them for their beardown and successful galore cases heroic work to our country, afloat stop.” 

“In nan uncommon cases that contented is removed – either deliberately aliases by correction – that is retired of nan intelligibly outlined scope of nan directive, we instruct nan components and they correct nan contented truthful it recognizes our heroes for their dedicated work alongside their chap Americans, period,” Ullyot added. 

The Robinson communicative was restored connected nan DoD website soon after. 

Ullyot was subsequently replaced by Sean Parnell arsenic nan apical Pentagon spokesman. 

His resignation comes nan aforesaid week arsenic three apical Pentagon officials person been put connected time off amid a probe into leaks astatine nan Department of Defense.