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Boy Bye: Milwaukee County Sheriff and Trump Cheerleader David Clarke Resigns

Milwaukee County Sheriff David A. Clarke, Jr. listens to remarks during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at National Harbor, Maryland, February 23, 2017
Milwaukee County Sheriff David A. Clarke, Jr. listens to remarks during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at National Harbor, Maryland, February 23, 2017

*Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke resigned from his position on Thursday…with no reason given.

Milwaukee County Clerk George Christenson said that he received a resignation letter from Clarke but that no reason for the move was provided, according to the Associated Press.

In June, Clarke announced that he had rescinded his acceptance of a Homeland Security post. That followed an initial acceptance of a job as assistant secretary in DHS’s Office of Public Engagement. Clarke was supposed to serve as a liaison between DHS and state and local law enforcement.

Clarke, a tough-on-crime conservative Democrat on paper, had become a favorite among conservatives with his provocative social media posts and his blind devotion to Donald Trump during his 2016 campaign. He also spoke at the Republican National Convention last summer.

He was later accused of plagiarism in his master’s thesis at the Naval Postgraduate School. Clarke denied the accusation that he failed to properly attribute his sources at least 47 times in his 2013 thesis, titled “Making U.S. security and privacy rights compatible.”

In an email to The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Clarke said that “only someone with a political agenda would say this is plagiarism.”

He also drew criticism for conditions in his jails. A mentally ill inmate allegedly died after being deprived of water as punishment, prosecutors said.

Some Wisconsin conservatives had encouraged Clarke to challenge U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, a Democrat, but he repeatedly rejected their requests.

There was no immediate word on a replacement.

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