President Donald Trump announced his appointments to an advisory council inside the Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday, with a list that includes a right-wing news commentator, former lawmakers, Trump’s former attorney Rudy Giuliani and a top former campaign adviser.
The announcement by Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says the council, established first in 2002, will provide “real-time, real-world and independent advice on homeland security operations.”
The list includes right-wing political commentator Mark Levin, as well as Giuliani, who helped lead efforts to try and overturn the 2020 election results and was later sued for defamation by two Georgia election workers; a lawsuit he lost before a jury in Washington, DC.
The appointments also include Corey Lewandowski, a Trump campaign leader in 2016 who is currently a chief adviser to Noem.
Other members of the council include South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster, who will chair the council, as well as other government officials, attorneys, security experts, as well as the founder of “Bikers for Trump,” according to DHS.
The council will hold its first meeting early next month.
Posted by John3262005
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more grossly unqualified sycophants
I know these people need jobs but he couldn’t give them a no-show position on some random corporate board? Why put them in a position where they’re taking a seat from someone with *actual* experience on life-or-death national security issues?
The rising right wing domestic terrorism will get ignored while they focus on anti maga groups. There’s no way this doesn’t end in innocent people being killed.