Overview

• Andrew Kloster, recently appointed as general counsel for the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), has a documented history of making misogynistic, racist, and inflammatory remarks online.
• Kloster described himself as a 'raging misogynist' in a 2023 social media post and made disparaging comments about women, Chinese people, and slavery in other posts.
• As OPM's chief lawyer, Kloster will oversee workforce policies, including efforts to strip statutory protections from federal employees and implement a controversial executive order on political hiring and firing practices.
• Kloster previously served in the Trump administration and has ties to conservative organizations like the Federalist Society and The Heritage Foundation, which have helped shape the administration's policy agenda.
• Court records reveal Kloster was involved in a domestic violence case in 2022, though the case was dismissed after a temporary agreement.