Darren Beattie, a former Donald Trump speechwriter who was fired in 2018 after CNN revealed he spoke at a conference attended by White nationalists, has been elevated to a top job at the State Department,

Beattie was fired from his role as a White House speechwriter in 2018 after it emerged that he had attended a white nationalist event in 2016. He had appeared on a panel with Brit

Darren Beattie may not be a household name, but you are almost certainly familiar with his long-standing ideas and preoccupations. Beattie, a speechwriter whom Trump fired in 2018 and appointed to a top State Department job this week, is a fixture in far-right conspiracist circles.

He seems to hate the American idea of freedom. He praises authoritarian regimes. And he’s in charge of our public diplomacy.

Trump speechwriter Darren Beattie was fired in 2018 after speaking at a conference attended by white nationalists. Now, he's got a top State Department job.