Mr. Arrington, reached by telephone on Thursday, confirmed that he had been pressured to resign. He said that he had been told that he “could no longer be trusted with confidential information.” No other explanation was provided, he said, and he added that he had not received any noticeable pushback after his refusal to provide a sword.
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Three other people with knowledge of the situation described the conflict over the sword. Two said that Mr. Arrington had also angered officials at the National Archives and Records Administration, which oversees the presidential library system, by sharing information with his staff about changes to longstanding plans for a new education center, which may have contributed to his ouster.

Sounds like a bullshit reason to fire him.

Cheap fucking bastard. Won’t even pay for a gift so he tries to bully one for free.

Fucking fascists.