Trump, National Security Council and fired Loomer
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Trump downplayed Loomer's influence on the firings.
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Senator Mark Warner of Virginia and Representative Jim Himes of Connecticut condemned the ouster of Gen. Timothy D. Haugh, who led both the spy agency and the military command.
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According to multiple media reports Thursday several National Security Council senior staffers have been fired with more to come after a President Donald Trump meeting with far-right podcaster Laura Loomer.
President Donald Trump confirmed that multiple employees within the National Security Council were fired Thursday, adding to National Security Advisor Mike Waltz's recent political woes that have snowballed since Democrats first slammed him over March's Signal chat leak.
Loomer met with Trump and other top White House officials in the Oval Office on Wednesday, two sources familiar with the meeting told NBC News.
President Donald Trump said Thursday that he's fired "some" White House National Security Council officials, a move that comes a day after far-right activist Laura Loomer raised concerns directly to him about staff loyalty.
By Jonathan Landay, Erin Banco and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump fired General Timothy Haugh as director of the National Security Agency, in a national security purge that sources said on Friday included more than a dozen staff at the White House national security council.
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Laura Loomer, a far-right conspiracy theorist who met with Trump this week, took credit for their removals in a social media post.
In our news wrap Thursday, President Trump will fire several members of his National Security Council after he met in the Oval Office with conservative activist and conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer, the Senate confirmed Dr.
The news of the firings comes a day after an Oval Office meeting between Trump and right-wing conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer, who privately called on the president to fire some NSC staffers.