Carson made his remarks in a segment aired Monday evening on Newsmax TV, a conservative news outlet. 'I would be interested in returning to the private sector because I think you have just as much influence, maybe more, there,' he said.
U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson says he'll leave at the end of Trump's first term. By Tracy Jan Tracy Jan Reporter covering the intersection of race and the economy Email Bio Follow March 4 at 8:30 PM Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson says he intends to leave his post at the end of President Trump’s first term.
Carson made his remarks in a segment airing Monday evening on Newsmax TV, a conservative news outlet. In his two years leading HUD, Carson has dialed back civil rights enforcement at the agency and suspended Obama-era rules that had been aimed at fighting housing segregation and discrimination. “I will certainly finish out this term,” Carson said during his interview with Newsmax. But he added that"I would be interested in returning to the private sector because I think you have just as much influence, maybe more, there.”Trump appointed Carson, a retired neurosurgeon who gained notoriety for his pioneering surgery separating conjoined twins, to lead HUD even though he lacked prior housing, executive or government experience. He ran an unsuccessful bid for president in 2016.
Carson’s two-year tenure as HUD secretary got off to a rocky start, after allowing his son to help organize an agency “listening tour” in Baltimore despite warnings from department lawyers that doing so risked violating federal ethics rules. Ben Carson Jr., a local businessman, and his wife were inviting people with whom they potentially had business dealings, the Post reported at the time.
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