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Two Staffers for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Are Set to Leave Her Congressional Office

Her chief of staff, Saikat Chakrabarti, and director of communications Corbin Trent will take on different roles outside of the congressional office.

Two staffers for Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) are set to leave her congressional office, according to a report in The Intercept on Friday afternoon. Her chief of staff, Saikat Chakrabarti, is going to New Consensus, a non-profit focused on the Green New Deal, and her director of communications, Corbin Trent, is set to run communications for the freshman lawmaker’s re-election bid. “Saikat has decided to leave the office of Rep. Ocasio-Cortez to work with New Consensus to further develop plans for a Green New Deal,” Trent said in a statement to the publication. “We are extraordinarily grateful for his service to advance a bold agenda and improve the lives of the people in NY-14.” Chakrabarti was the subject of a Twitter spat with the official House Democrats account recently amid inter-party tensions with some of the new progressive members of the House. Trent did not immediately respond to a text message from The Daily Beast.