Despite lengthy exposes about his past associations with right-wing extremists in Hungary, Sebastian Gorka, President Trump’s increasingly embattled counter-terrorism advisor, is no Nazi, an in-depth new profile of the White House aide concludes. He is, instead, according to Buzzfeed, an émigré opportunist whose efforts to parlay a skimpy resume and limited expertise into political success…
Jewish and Muslim students at Georgetown University protested and sharply questioned White House counterterrorism adviser Sebastian Gorka, who appeared on campus on Monday for a panel discussion on cybersecurity and “fake news” amid growing controversy over his background and views. Before his appearance, the students gathered outside the lecture hall with signs saying “Hate has…
Right-wing bloggers and activists are criticizing Georgetown University students who protested an appearance on campus by Sebastian Gorka, the White House counterterrorism adviser who has been dogged by accusations that he is a member of a far-right Hungarian group with historical ties to Nazism. Gorka bolted from a panel discussion on cybersecurity and “fake news”…
Since 2011, The Jerusalem Post has produced a popular conference in New York City featuring a bevy of Israeli politicians and military officials, along with American Jewish rabbis, communal leaders and thinkers. The conference, like the newspaper’s politics, leans right (and very male), but on occasion, genuine debate over policy toward Israel has taken the…
Sebastian Gorka, President Trump’s top counterterrorism aide, stormed out of a panel discussion on cybersecurity and “fake news” at Georgetown University on Monday after some students silently protested him and others asked him pointed questions. Gorka, a former adjunct professor at Georgetown, has come under heavy criticism in recent months for his longstanding ties to…
President Trump’s top counter-terrorism aide, Sebastian Gorka, has offered varied and sometimes contradictory accounts of his association with the Vitézi Rend, a far-right Hungarian group that is on a U.S. State Department “watch list.” Now, new research by the Forward has revealed that Gorka’s use of a special lower-case “v.” insignia in his signature, which…
At least 18 Democratic House members have signed a letter to President Trump demanding that he fire Sebastian Gorka, his top counter-terrorism aide, due to Gorka’s affiliations or work with anti-Semitic organizations and individuals. The letter, which is currently being circulated by Reps. Eliot Engel and Nita Lowey, both of New York, calls on Trump…
White House conter-terrorism adviser Sebastian Gorka is facing a demand from House Democrats for President Trump to fire him after reports from the Forward linked him to far-right and neo-Nazi groups in his native Hungary. “Based on recent revelations about Mr. Gorka’s public support for and membership in several anti-Semitic and racist groups in Hungary,…
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