Former “Meet the Press” moderator Chuck Todd is leaving NBC News after nearly 20 years with the network.
The 52-year-old broadcaster announced his departure Friday in a memo to colleagues, according to Variety.
“There’s never a perfect time to leave a place that’s been a professional home for so long, but I’m pretty excited about a few new projects that are on the cusp of going from ‘pie in the sky’ to ‘near reality,’” wrote Todd, who left “Meet the Press” in 2023. “So I’m grateful for the chance to get a jump start on my next chapter during this important moment.”
The news comes less than two weeks after President Trump’s inauguration, with his second presidency already off to a jarring start amid contentious Cabinet confirmation hearings, highly publicized ICE arrests and a quickly rescinded federal funding freeze that met with immediate backlash.