Trump aide Sebastian Gorka reportedly leaving the White House
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Sebastian Gorka, a deputy assistant to President Trump and member of the Strategic Initiatives Group, is expected to leave the White House soon, several administration officials told CNN.
Gorka, a former national security editor for Breitbart, reportedly took an oath of loyalty to a Hungarian order that the State Department says was "under the direction of the Nazi government of Germany"; Gorka denies ever being a member of Vitézi Rend or taking an oath of loyalty to the group.
Gorka first started working with the Trump campaign in 2015. One senior administration official told the Washington Examiner Gorka is taking on a new job outside of the White House but at a federal agency, likely involving the "war of ideas" to counter radical Islam, but another official told CNN said it is possible he will just take on a new role inside the administration though he's most likely making a full exit because of several controversies, including the Vitézi Rend report. It has never been clear what role Gorka, a frequent guest on Fox News, played in the Trump campaign or the White House.
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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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