๐จ Senior U.S. Customs Official Dismissed Over Alleged Ties to Anonymous Critic ๐จ
๐ฐ Summary:
A senior customs official, George E. Bogden, was dismissed this week by the White House due to alleged connections with the author of an anonymous 2018 opinion piece critical of former President Donald Trump. ๐๏ธ The article, published in The New York Times, highlighted internal resistance within the Trump administration during his first term. ๐ค
๐ What Happened:
Bogden, appointed this year as the Executive Director of the Office of Trade Relations at Customs and Border Protection, was asked to resign unexpectedly, surprising many officials. ๐ฒ Itโs still unclear how the government linked him to Miles Taylor, the Department of Homeland Security official believed to have written the piece. ๐คซ
โ ๏ธ The Big Question:
How did the government make the connection? And what will this mean for future anonymous criticisms in the U.S. political sphere? ๐ต๏ธโโ๏ธ