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Sebastian Gorka regularly appeared on TV to defend Donald Trump. SIPA USA/PA Images
Out the door
Controversial Trump aide Sebastian Gorka is the latest official to leave the White House
The circumstances of his departure are not clear.
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.
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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