Guam delegate James Moylan is breaking his silence on the sudden resignation of his now former chief of staff Bobby Shringi. While the congressman is not saying why his long time employee left the office, Moylan says inquiries have made it necessary to address Shringi's departure.

In a statement issued Tuesday morning, the delegate states, “Bobby has been a dedicated chief of staff and a longtime friend, and I will always appreciate his hard work and commitment to serving Guam. I thank him for his service, passion, and dedication to our island and our nation. I have no doubt he will bring the same dedication and passion to his next endeavor."

The congressman adding, "I hold all my staff to the highest ethical and professional standards. To ensure transparency, I personally visited the House Ethics Office today, which confirmed that there are no open cases against my former chief of staff, or any staff members. As our office transitions, we remain committed to delivering meaningful results for the people of Guam. The work continues, and I look forward to further serving our community with renewed focus and determination."

You may recall, Shringi's resignation led to former employees speaking out alleging he "disregarded House rules" and "made young female interns feel uncomfortable."

But, another former staffer - who wished to remain anonymous - refuted the allegations calling it lies being peddled by disgruntled former and current staff who were out for Shringi's job.

That former staffer further defended Shringi, stating, "Quite simply this is two staffs and a former staffer who felt they were being mistreated when in fact they where in a professional office environment. And I'll give them credit - they didn't have experience to a professional office environment and that's why they refuged. Bobby Shringi at times was a hard boss but that's what the job of being a House chief is and the staff that have stuck around since he left have a combined three years of total experience on Capitol Hill. One of them was asked to leave from [CNMI congressman Gregorio Kilili] Sablan's office, and was hired shortly thereafter for Moylan's office. You're talking about a group of staff that cannot accomplish this job effectively without Bobby. And if you are wondering where the proof of that is, I would look at this upcoming C.R. where they are going to eliminate community projects from FY '24. That's millions of dollars the airport is going to lose and the fire department is going to lose -  and where are they on that? They were told about this days ago. I never once saw Bobby Shringi do anything that would be considered unethical and in fact the intern complained about another member of the staff that are still in the office. Not about him...if you want to find the sources of problems in that office, I would look to those that are still there and look at the experience of lack thereof that seems to exist and ask yourself whether that's conducive to an environment that's good for the people of Guam."