Los Angeles County has hired a consulting firm associated with anti-Trump retied general Stanley McChrystal to handle public engagement about recent wildfires — rather than simply listening to the public — among other duties.
McChrystal, the former commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, was fired by President Barack Obama in 2010 over a Rolling Stone article in which his aides disparaged the president. He then went on to become one of several retired military and intelligence leaders to attack President Donald Trump during his first term. Some even called for the president’s removal from office.
In 2020, the Washington Post reported that McChrystal was advising a project that was using military counterintelligence measures to oppose President Trump, specifically on the issue of coronavirus. Many of
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