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, 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,

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.

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.

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