Report: Kelly Revoked Gorkas Security Clearance While He Was On Vacation
Source: Huff post
08/25/2017 11:39 pm ET
Having his security clearance revoked would have made it impossible for Gorka to continue in his White House job.
WASHINGTON — Sebastian Gorka, the British-born deputy assistant to President Trump whose unsmiling, dark-bearded visage and plummy English accent made frequent appearances on political talk shows, left his post late Friday. The conservative web site The Federalist reported on Friday that Gorka resigned with a scathing letter accusing “forces” in the White House of working against Trump’s agenda. However, a White House official told Yahoo News that Gorka did not leave of his own accord.
“Sebastian Gorka did not resign, but I can confirm he no longer works at the White House,” the official said.
According to the Washington Examiner’s Sarah Westwood, Gorka said it was “disappointing” that the White House said he was fired, because “I resigned.”
A source with knowledge of the situation said Gorka did indeed resign—but only after being informed on Friday by White House Chief of Staff John Kelly that his security clearance had been revoked, which would have made it impossible for him to continue in his White House job. Gorka was on vacation at the time and due to return on Monday. Instead, after hearing from Kelly, he submitted his resignation............................
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Gorka should never have had a security clearance to begin with.
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he had a phony Ph.D, for starters. Not prepossessing for a high-ranking Federal official. Any previous administration would have been embarrassed to even consider this guy.
Comrade Casino wanted the Gorka dork in his freaking fetid KGOP Swamp. But thankfully Kelly recognized that Gorka was a freaking full-on republican TreasonWeasel, and protected America by giving him a boot in his nazi ass.
Good riddance to another of the republican's god-forsaken, anti-American cabal of TreasonWeasels.
but at least we won't have to see gorka's smug smirky face on the teevee anymore, while he lies and attempts to defend the indefensible. That's worth something.
his wife Katharine still works in White House and....
Trump aides, including Katharine Gorka, a controversial national security analyst known for her anti-Muslim rhetoric, were already working toward eliminating Life After Hate’s grant and to direct all funding toward fighting what the president has described as “radical Islamic terrorism...
In December, Gorka, then a member of Transition team (said) she didn’t agree with the Obama administration’s approach to countering violent extremism...Gorka and her husband, Sebastian Gorka...have collaborated on numerous writings about the threat of radical Islam. Though they have a large following within far-right circles ― they both have bylines at Breitbart News ― mainstream national security experts are either unfamiliar with or critical of their work...Katharine Gorka, now an adviser in the Department of Homeland Security’s policy office, has pushed conspiracy theories about the Muslim Brotherhood infiltrating the government and media..."
