Overview

• A White House aide and a Kennedy Center employee physically blocked Loomer from reaching President Trump during a performance of Les Misérables in late June.
• Loomer asserted she had permission to access the VIP section but left reportedly furious after aides refused to relent.
• Her unsanctioned Oval Office meetings in April led to the dismissal of several National Security Council officials.
• In May, Trump withdrew Janette Nesheiwat’s surgeon general nomination following Loomer’s critique that the candidate was not ideologically aligned with his administration.
• Lawmakers from both parties have voiced concern over her extremist rhetoric and the erosion of established vetting norms by a fringe advisor.