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Sebastian Gorka regularly appeared on TV to defend Donald Trump.
Image: SIPA USA/PA Images
Sebastian Gorka regularly appeared on TV to defend Donald Trump.
Image: SIPA USA/PA Images
DIVISIVE DONALD TRUMP aide Sebastian Gorka departed the White House yesterday in a shroud of controversy, with conflicting claims about whether he resigned or got the boot.
“Sebastian Gorka did not resign, but I can confirm he no longer works at the White House,” an administration official said after reports that Gorka had left voluntarily.
Gorka, 46, had become a familiar face on television, offering a bombastic defence of the US president in a strong English accent.
Born in London to Hungarian parents, he became a US citizen in recent years.
A deputy assistant to the president, he had been accused of ties to far-right groups and his claimed counter-terrorism knowledge was repeatedly questioned by peers.
His failure to gain security clearance cast doubts over his day-to-day role inside Trump’s White House.
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He had been seen entering Oval Office events not with staff but with the press, and snapping photos from the press position behind the wings of Air Force One.
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