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    Trump Appointee Resigns After Bigoted Comments Surface

    Carl Higbie, appointed by President Trump to serve in the agency that runs AmericCorps, has apologized for remarks that derided black people, Muslims and other groups.
    by Bill Chappell Jan 19, 2018 2 minutes
    Carl Higbie has resigned his post at the Corporation for National and Community Service after racist and anti-Muslim comments were reported by CNN. He's seen here in one of the agency's videos.

    Carl Higbie, who was appointed by President Trump to serve in the federal agency that runs AmericCorps and other volunteer service programs, has resigned his high-level post and apologized after a report emerged quoting racist and anti-Muslim remarks he made in 2013.

    Ranging from callous to provocative, which published audio clips taken from the Internet talk radio program "Sound of Freedom," which Higbie hosted, and other sources. In addition to their bigotry, many of the remarks promulgated outright falsehoods.

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