White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer hedged Monday when asked to address reports that Sebastian Gorka, a self-styled senior counterterrorism adviser to President Donald Trump, was being forced out of his post.
“I have no belief that he’s currently leaving the White House,” he told reporters at his daily press briefing. “So there’s nothing to update you on with respect to that. We wouldn’t comment on personnel matters at this time.”
The Daily Beast first reported Friday the the Breitbart News editor-turned-White House staffer was on his way out. Gorka’s tenure has been dogged by his reported inability to obtain a security clearance and his connection to a Hungarian knightly order that was originally founded by a Nazi collaborator.
Anonymous administration officials told the New York Times and the Guardian that Gorka’s departure could come within weeks. Spicer’s response left that possibility open.
