Press Secretary on Maternity Leave

Karoline Leavitt Announces Maternity Leave: ‘Ready to Have a Baby Any Minute’

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced Friday that she is stepping away for maternity leave as she prepares to welcome her second child, a girl. 

Her departure sets up a temporary shake-up in the White House briefing room as the administration maps out who will speak in her place.

Leavitt also joked that reporters would not be short on news while she is gone.

“I know you’ll be in very good hands with my team here at the White House,” she said.

“And I know all of you have the president’s phone number personally, so I have no doubt that you will have a shortage of statements and news from this building while I am gone,” she added.

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