Sen. Marco Rubio has fired his chief of staff after Mr. Rubio and his general counsel investigated allegations of “improper conduct” against the staffer.
Mr. Rubio said in a statement that he ultimately found “sufficient evidence to conclude that while employed by this office, my chief of staff had violated office policies regarding proper relations between a supervisor and their subordinates.”
“I further concluded that this led to actions which in my judgement amounted to threats to withhold employment benefits,” Mr. Rubio said.
Mr. Rubio said he traveled from Florida to Washington, D.C., on Saturday to fire the staffer, “effective immediately.”
He said the office will be formally notifying the appropriate administrative offices of the matter on Monday.
“We have taken steps to ensure that those impacted by this conduct have access to any services they may require now or in the future,” Mr. Rubio said. “Pursuant to the wishes of those victimized by this conduct, we will not be disclosing any further details about the incidents which occurred.”
• David Sherfinski can be reached at dsherfinski@washingtontimes.com.
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