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(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump’s administration is filling one of the State Department\u2019s top positions with a controversial conservative journalist who has promoted conspiracy theories related to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and was fired as a speechwriter by the first Trump administration when it was revealed that he had spoken at a conference tied to White nationalists, sources familiar with the move told ABC News.<\/p>\n

The sources said that the man, Darren Beattie, will now be the acting Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, a so-called \u201cTop 10\u201d position that, as the State Department\u2019s website describes it, \u201cleads America\u2019s public diplomacy outreach, which includes messaging to counter terrorism and violent extremism.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Under Secretary oversees the bureaus of Educational and Cultural Affairs and Global Public Affairs, and participates in foreign policy development,\u201d the website adds.<\/p>\n

Beattie is slated to start in the position on Monday, sources said. He was already serving in another senior role within the State Department, but the new move to such a high-level position has raised concerns among many of its employees, sources said.<\/p>\n

More than two years ago, Beattie launched a right-wing media outlet called Revolver News, which has raised funds in part by selling pro-Trump apparel and merchandise.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s OK to deny 2020,\u201d reads two shirts still being sold on the outlet\u2019s website. Another shirt promotes the refuted claim that Jan. 6, 2021, was an “FBI setup to frame Trump supporters as insurrectionists,” as the shirt says.<\/p>\n

And Beattie has become a frequent guest on other right-wing media, often promoting conspiracy theories related to Jan. 6.<\/p>\n

On Donald Trump Jr.\u2019s podcast last month, Beattie repeated his claims that the FBI knows who\u2019s behind the pipe bombs left at DNC and RNC offices on Jan. 6 but \u201cwhat they found out was profoundly embarrassing to the government and to the narrative that the Biden regime wanted to promote, and so instead of following that investigation further, they basically just killed it,\u201d Beattie said.<\/p>\n

Beattie also claimed that surveillance video released by the FBI to seek help in identifying the perpetrator was \u201cclearly tampered with.\u201d<\/p>\n

In mid-August 2018, he made national headlines, with the Washington Post reporting then that he \u201cwas terminated last week after revelations that he had spoken at a conference attended by well-known white nationalists\u201d two years earlier.<\/p>\n

According to the Washington Post, Beattie \u2013 who is Jewish \u2013 insisted that he was not racist and said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn 2016 I attended the [H.L. Mencken Club] conference in question and delivered a stand-alone, academic talk titled \u2018The Intelligentsia and the Right.\u2019 I said nothing objectionable and stand by my remarks completely,” the statement said. “It was the honor of my life to serve in the Trump Administration. I love President Trump, who is a fearless American hero, and continue to support him one hundred percent.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the end of the Trump administration, in November 2020, the Trump White House appointed Beattie to a three-year term with the Commission for the Preservation of America\u2019s Heritage Abroad, which helps preserve sites related to the Holocaust.<\/p>\n

The Anti-Defamation League strongly objected to the appointment, issuing a statement at the time saying, \u201cIt is absolutely outrageous that someone who has consorted with racists would even be considered for a position on a commission devoted to preserving Holocaust memorials in Europe.\u201d<\/p>\n

The New York Times then asked Beattie for comment, and he told the paper: \u201cThe ADL pretends to be an organization that protects Jews, but it really exists to protect Democrats. As a Jewish Trump supporter, I consider it an honor to be attacked by the far-left ADL and its disgraced leader, Jonathan Greenblatt.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked about Beattie\u2019s new position at the State Department, a White House spokesperson referred ABC News to the State Department. First reached on Friday, the State Department has so far not commented.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, Beattie did not immediately respond to a request for comment by ABC News.<\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2025, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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