Kelly Sadler, the White House communications aide who mocked Sen. John McCain John Sidney McCainSchmidt: Trump's 'only affinity for reading anything were the Adolf Hitler speeches he kept on his nightstand' Trump's 'zero tolerance' policy can be a political winner for Republicans Harley stunner spikes tension with Trump over trade policy MORE's (R-Ariz.) brain cancer, is no longer working at the White House, a person familiar with the situation told The Hill on Tuesday. 
 
 White House spokesman Raj Shah confirmed in a statement that "Kelly Sadler is no longer employed within the Executive Office of the President." 
 
 The White House faced major backlash over Sadler's comments last month, which were first reported by The Hill. In an internal meeting, Sadler said that McCain's opposition to President Trump Donald John TrumpCrowley stunner tops huge night for left Trump congratulates Romney on primary win Judge orders Trump admin to begin reuniting immigrant families MORE's CIA director nominee, Gina Haspel, didn't matter because he's "dying anyway." 
 
 The 81-year-old senator has undergone surgery and treatment for an aggressive form of brain cancer and has been at home in Arizona for months. 
 
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 CNN was first to report Tuesday that Sadler was no longer working in the Trump administration. 
 
 President Trump declined to comment on the report during a bill signing ceremony when asked by a reporter about Sadler's job status. 
 
 The aide was active in the White House press office with her name on press releases as recently as Monday. 
 
 Sadler's reported exit comes after accusations from McCain's daughter, Meghan McCain, that Sadler apologized for the comments privately and promised to do so publicly, before reneging on that promise. 
 
 The younger McCain said on ABC's "The View," where she is a co-host, that Sadler's reversal showed the Trump administration to be "incapable" of apologies. 
 
 "I was promised an apology, Kelly Sadler, publicly to my family. I did not receive that," McCain said. "This is not an administration that's capable of apologizing." 
 
 "When I had a conversation with Kelly, I asked her to publicly apologize and she said she would," she added. "I have not spoken to her since and I assume that it will never come." 
 
 The aide's comments sparked an effort inside the West Wing to identify people who leak information to the press, a phenomenon that staff members said made it difficult to do their jobs. 
 
 That reportedly led to a contentious exchange in the Oval Office when Sadler allegedly told Trump that senior White House communications aide Mercedes Schlapp was behind several of the leaks, while Schlapp was in the room. 
 
 Sadler made her initial comments after John McCain, a top GOP critic of the Trump administration, wrote a letter to his Senate colleagues urging them to reject Haspel's nomination to the CIA over her past work on the agency's "enhanced interrogation" program, which many consider torture. 
 
 "Ms. Haspel’s role in overseeing the use of torture by Americans is disturbing. Her refusal to acknowledge torture’s immorality is disqualifying,” wrote McCain, who was tortured during his time in captivity in Vietnam. “I believe the Senate should exercise its duty of advice and consent and reject this nomination." 
 
 Haspel was eventually confirmed to serve as the director of the CIA, with most Republicans and several Democrats backing her nomination. 
 
 Sadler has not released any public statements since the incident, and White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders has refused to address the issue at her daily press briefings. 
 
 “I'm not going to validate a leak, one way or another, out of an internal staff meeting," Sanders said during an early May press briefing at the White House. 
 
 John Bowden contributed to this report, which was updated at 7 p.m. 

 (CNN) Kelly Sadler, the White House communications aide who made an imprudent comment about Republican Sen. John McCain's health, was quietly let go Tuesday nearly a month after making the insensitive remark. 
 
 "Kelly Sadler is no longer employed within the Executive Office of the President," wrote Raj Shah, the principal deputy press secretary, in an emailed statement. 
 
 The White House had been strategizing an exit for Sadler for the last two weeks, a senior administration official said. There had been a discussion about relocating her to another agency or department outside of the White House, and it remains unclear if she is going somewhere else or leaving the administration entirely. 
 
 In the aftermath of the comment -- in which Sadler told a meeting that McCain's opposition to CIA director nominee Gina Haspel didn't matter because he's "dying" -- the White House refused to condemn her remark, and she did not apologize publicly. She remained on the staff for nearly a month before departing. 
 
 Privately, Sadler did apologize to McCain's daughter Meghan in a phone call. But afterward, Ms. McCain publicly questioned why Sadler still had a job at the White House. 
 
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 Kelly Sadler joked last month that Sen. John McCain’s opposition to Gina Haspel’s nomination to lead the CIA didn’t matter because he’s “dying anyway.” | Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Photo Kelly Sadler, who joked about McCain’s health, has left White House 
 
 Kelly Sadler, the Trump administration communications aide who came under fire for a flippant comment about Sen. John McCain’s health, no longer works in the White House, according to two administration officials. 
 
 Sadler joked last month during a closed-door meeting at the White House that McCain’s opposition to Gina Haspel’s nomination to lead the CIA didn’t matter because he’s “dying anyway.” McCain, who has an aggressive form of brain cancer, has been receiving treatment in Arizona and has not appeared in the Senate this year. 
 
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 Sadler’s leaked comments set off a firestorm in Washington, but neither President Donald Trump nor his staff publicly rebuked her. Instead, the president viewed the widespread reporting about her comments as a sign that leaking in the White House had gotten out of control. During an Oval Office meeting shortly after the episode, Trump pressed Sadler to identify the leakers in the administration. 
 
 Trump has ordered a wide-ranging housecleaning of his communications shop, and additional aides are expected to be fired or reassigned in the coming days. 
 
 A White House spokesman declined to comment on Tuesday. CNN first reported the news of Sadler’s departure.
– The White House communications aide who made a flippant remark about Sen. John McCain's terminal illness is no longer part of the administration. Spokesman Raj Shah confirmed Tuesday that Kelly Sadler—who allegedly said McCain's rejection of CIA nominee Gina Haspel didn't matter because "he's dying anyway"—is "no longer employed within the executive office of the president," the Hill reports. The White House declined to apologize for Sadler's remark last month. Sources tell Politico that Sadler's departure is part of a wider "housecleaning" of the White House communications team that will see people leaving in ones and twos instead of in a "mass exodus." Meghan McCain, who described people making light of her father's illness as "nothing burgers," says she never received the apology Sadler promised in a phone call last month. "I was promised an apology, Kelly Sadler, publicly to my family. I did not receive that," McCain says. "This is not an administration that's capable of apologizing." Former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci tells CNN that while Sadler's remark was "unforgivable," the fact that it was reported after a closed-door meeting shows somebody had it in for her. "When you're sitting inside the inner sanctum and somebody says something like that, to run outside the sanctum and rat on that person—I think that's a terrible thing to do to the person," Scaramucci says.