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In a statement, Donald J. Trump lauded the firebrand conservative commentator as a “tireless advocate” for his agenda. There was no mention that Mr. Gorka had been forced out of the Trump administration in 2017.
Sebastian Gorka, the firebrand conservative commentator who worked in the White House briefly in President-elect Donald J. Trump’s first term, was named by Mr. Trump on Friday to a senior advisory position.
In a statement, Mr. Trump named Mr. Gorka as a deputy assistant to the president and senior director for counterterrorism, describing Mr. Gorka as “a tireless advocate for the America First Agenda and the MAGA Movement” since 2015. He made no mention that Mr. Gorka was forced out of a similar role in 2017, only that he served “previously as strategist to the president.”
Mr. Gorka was a divisive figure in the Trump White House and a combative defender of the president. He was one of the most prominent proponents of a Trump administration ban of refugees and people from certain predominantly Muslim countries.
After being expelled from the White House, Mr. Gorka worked as a political commentator on Fox News, Newsmax and his own syndicated radio show.
Born in Britain to Hungarian parents, Mr. Gorka was described by Mr. Trump in his statement as a “legal immigrant to the United States with more than 30 years of national security experience.”
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