Trump fires National Security Council staffers after Laura Loomer raises loyalty concerns

Trump fires National Security Council staffers after Laura Loomer raises loyalty concerns


The president met with Loomer, a self-described “investigative journalist,” on Wednesday. Loomer has publicly accused Trump administration staffers of disloyalty and said there have been vetting failures at the NSC and elsewhere through various posts on X.

The New York Times reported Loomer discussed NSC staffers she said were disloyal. National security adviser Mike Waltz was present at the meeting.

Axios reported that three senior NSC officials were fired after the Loomer meeting at the White House. The firings came a week after the Signal group chat leak, in which the Atlantic‘s editor-in-chief was inadvertently added to a group chat with Waltz and other national security officials.

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Loomer began posting about alleged “vetting failure[s]” after the Signal group chat leak and offered to vet staffers

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