US President-elect Donald Trump announces that Sebastian Gorka will serve as his White House senior director for counterterrorism, citing his 30-plus years of national security experience.
A far-right commentator, Gorka worked in Trump’s first administration for six months as an adviser on counterterrorism, although he lacked the security clearance necessary for employment on the National Security Council.
He left after several controversies, including flaunting his associations with Vitez Rend, a movement founded by the antisemitic Hungarian leader Miklos Horthy, who headed the country from 1920 to 1944. Gorka said he was celebrating his father’s postwar association with the group when it was known more for its anti-communist resistance than its World War II-era activities.
Several Democrats in Congress had raised concerns during Gorka’s brief White House tenure about his purported associations with Vitez Rend and a far-right group in present-day Hungary with a similar name.
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