Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Resigns Following Capitol Unrest

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy Devos speaks during the daily briefing on the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, in the Brady Briefing Room at the White House on March 27, 2020, in Washington. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos submitted her resignation on Jan. 7, blaming President Donald Trump for contributing to the civil unrest that unfolded on U.S. Capitol grounds during demonstrations he supported over concerns about election integrity.

“There is no mistaking the impact your rhetoric had on the situation,” DeVos wrote in a letter to the president.