Usekela-mongameli we-Apple womgaqo-nkqubo woluntu kunye nemicimbi yaseburhulumenteni ka-Apple, uCynthia Hogan, ubhengeze ukuba uzakushiya inkampani uTim Cook eqhuba ngoJuni olandelayo, njengoko sinokufunda kwiAxios. Isizathu sesigqibo sokushiya iApple kungenxa yokuba uHogan ebekhona ukhethwe njengelungu lekomiti yonyulo kaJoe Biden.
UHogan wajoyina iApple ngo-Epreli 2016. Ukusukela ngoko, usebenze kwiApple ngqo esuka eWashington, DC, enika ingxelo kuLisa Jackson, ophethe uxanduva lokusingqongileyo, kwezopolitiko nakwezentlalo.
Ngaphambi kokujoyina abasebenzi be-Apple, uHogan wayengummeli weNational Soccer League. Kungekudala ngaphambi koko, wayesebenza njengomcebisi kuJoe Bien, xa wayelisekela-mongameli wase-United States phantsi kuka-Barack Obama. Ngaphambi koko, wayesebenza noJoe Biden, ngakumbi ngo-1993, xa wayelilungu leNdlu yeeNgwevu, esiba nguMlawuli waBasebenzi kwiKomiti yeeNkundla yeeNkundla. ngaphambi kokuthatha ikhefu kwezopolitiko ukukhulisa usapho.
Ukuqeshwa kukaHogan kubonwe njengeyona nto iphambili kwingxoxo ngurhulumente wase-US ukubethela kunye nokhuseleko lwesizwe. Xa ukusayinwa kwakhe kwabhengezwa kwi-2016, uLisa Jackson wathi:
Ubukrelekrele kunye nokugweba kukaCynthia kuye kwamenza waziwa njengengcali ekhethekileyo kwaye sinethamsanqa lokuba ujoyine iqela le-Apple.
Ngelo xesha akwaziwa ukuba ngubani ozobamba izithuba ukuba uHogan uphumile, isikhundla esingasaziyo ngalo mzuzu ukuba siyakuze sigcwaliswe. Ukongeza kuHogan, uCongressikazi uLisa Blunt kunye noMeya waseLos Angeles u-Eric Garcetti nabo bajoyine iphulo likaBiden.