NEW: FDIC Chair Steps Down After Top Senate Dem Demands Removal

One of the United States' top banking regulators announced on Monday he would step down once President Joe Biden appoints a successor following bipartisan calls for his ouster over hundreds of accounts of sexual harassment and other misconduct at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

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"In light of recent events, I am prepared to step down from my responsibilities once a successor is confirmed. Until that time, I will continue to fulfill my responsibilities as Chairman of the FDIC, including the transformation of the FDIC’s workplace culture," Chair Martin Gruenberg said in a statement on Monday. ...

Earlier on Monday Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown, the chair of the Senate’s banking committee, called on Biden to replace Gruenberg, making Brown the highest-ranking Democrat to call for the replacement of the FDIC’s chair over what he described as the agency’s “toxic culture.”

Ed Morrissey

As a friend put it, Brown finally found one of his gonads. Republicans have spent the last couple of weeks demanding Gruenberg's removal over the findings of the investigation into FDIC's workplace environment. Elizabeth Warren and the White House have been pushing back, but it appears that Brown's demand was the end of the line. 

Gruenberg might end up serving out the rest of the term, though. He's sticking around until replaced, and given the tenor of the Senate (and the current partisan split) plus the summer break and election season, it could take months to find a candidate that can win a confirmation. 

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