
In September 2021, Sean Spicer – the former Trump administration press secretary and peripatetic cable news opinionator – received a politely threatening email from President Joe Biden’s White House. The note offered him a choice: “please” resign from a Naval Academy advisory board that President Donald Trump had appointed him to before leaving office, or Biden would fire him – that very evening.Subscribe to The Post Most newsletter for the most important and interesting stories from The Washing