White House aide resigns after threatening reporter

White House deputy press secretary TJ Ducklo has resigned over threats he made to a reporter (Patrick Semansky/AP)

The White House’s deputy press secretary has resigned, a day after being suspended for issuing a sexist and profane threat to a journalist seeking to cover his relationship with another reporter.

TJ Ducklo had been put on a weeklong suspension without pay on Friday after a report surfaced in Vanity Fair outlining his sexist threats against a female Politico journalist to try to suppress a story about his relationship, telling her “I will destroy you”.