Particle.news

Download on the App Store

Laura Loomer Launches Tip Line as Trump Fires Vaccine Regulator and Army Cyber Chief

A far-right activist has opened a hotline to crowdsource tips on 'disloyal' staffers after she helped drive out senior agency experts.

Laura Loomer argues with anti-Trump demonstrators in Atlanta, Georgia, on August 24, 2023.
Image
Image
Image

Overview

  • Loomer’s line invites White House and federal agency employees to report colleagues labeled as ‘Biden holdovers’ or otherwise insufficiently loyal.
  • President Trump dismissed FDA vaccine regulator Vinay Prasad after just three months following Loomer’s public campaign branding him a “progressive leftist saboteur.”
  • The U.S. Army terminated cybersecurity expert Jen Easterly’s agreement hours after Loomer denounced her hiring as “horrendous.”
  • Her informal interventions have triggered the ouster of more than a dozen high-ranking officials across national security and health agencies since April.
  • Policy experts warn that empowering an unelected conspiracy theorist to influence staffing decisions erodes institutional norms and risks national security expertise.