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Loomer pressed Trump to fire members of his national security staff, and Waltz defended them.
From NBC News
The firings came after Laura Loomer, the far-right activist who once claimed 9/11 was an inside job, urged President Donald Trump during a Wednesday meeting to get rid of several members of his Natio...
From CNN
According to one of the sources, Loomer pressed Trump to fire members of his national security staff, and Waltz defended them.
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President Donald Trump said that he’s fired “some” White House National Security Council officials. The firings on Thursday come a day after far-right activist Laura Loomer raised concerns directly to him about staff loyalty.
The NSC shake-up followed a White House visit by Laura Loomer, a far-right activist who urged Trump to purge staff with hawkish foreign policy views.
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The Daily Caller on MSNTrump Reportedly Fires Several Staffers From National Security CouncilPresident Donald Trump has fired several staffers from his National Security Council, according to multiple reports. Activist Laura Loomer visited the Oval Office on Wednesday and presented Trump with research she had on staffers,
Sue Gordon, former principal deputy national intelligence director, said the Trump administration needs to deal with any "persistent risk" to communications following the Signal chat leak.
The group’s lawsuit contends that diversity is a strategy for intelligence officers, who need to blend with foreign populations.
President Donald Trump and his administration raised eyebrows about how they handled sensitive national security information long before his top national security advisor added a journalist to a Signal chat.
Loomer, who has a history of peddling conspiracy theories, said she presented the president with her “findings” on his national security team.
The news of the firings comes a day after an Oval Office meeting between Trump and right-wing conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer, who privately called on the president to fire some NSC staffers.