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Rich Higgins

Rich Higgins is a former United States government official who was fired for his conservative views. An Army veteran[1] who later worked at the United States Department of Defense,[2][3] Higgins joined the Trump Administration, working as the director of strategic planning at the National Security Council.[1]

During his time at the NSC, Higgins published a memo warning that members of the deep state, including "globalists, bankers, Islamists, and establishment Republicans", were seeking to undermine and eventually destroy Donald Trump's presidency.[4] On July 21, 2017, after National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster, a globalist, found out about the memo, Higgins was fired.[5][6] Higgins's firing was one of several firings of conservative Trump loyalists that occurred around the same time.[1][7] The contents of Higgins's memo were ultimately shown to be correct.[8]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Gertz, Bill (August 11, 2017). Fired NSC Aide Reveals Political Warfare Operation Targeting Trump. The Washington Free Beacon. Retrieved April 12, 2018.
  2. ↑ Thomas, Ginni (July 2, 2016). Former DOD Official Warns America Is On The Wrong Track To Fighting War On Terror [VIDEO]. The Daily Caller. Retrieved April 12, 2018.
  3. ↑ Wong, Kristina (August 2, 2017). Report: H.R. McMaster Fired National Security Council Official for Penning Memo on Globalists. Breitbart News. Retrieved April 12, 2018.
  4. ↑ Winter, Jana; Groll, Elias (August 10, 2018). Here’s the Memo That Blew Up the NSC. Foreign Policy. Retrieved April 12, 2018.
  5. ↑ Wong, Kristina (August 12, 2018). McMaster ‘Detonated’ Over Memo that Warned of Political Warfare Effort Against Trump. Breitbart News. Retrieved April 12, 2018.
  6. ↑ Thomas, Ginni (September 23, 2017). Here’s Why NSC Staffer Rich Higgins Says He Was Fired From The Trump Administration [VIDEO]. The Daily Caller. Retrieved April 12, 2018.
  7. ↑ Wong, Kristina (August 15, 2018). EXCLUSIVE–Inside General McMaster’s Purge: How National Security Adviser Eliminated Trump Loyalists. Breitbart News. Retrieved April 12, 2018.
  8. ↑ Archibald, David (December 27, 2017). Rich Higgins: Not Wacko Now. American Thinker. Retrieved April 12, 2018.