The White House this week dismissed a Customs official "suspected" of having links to the author of a critical article about Trump.

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The White House has dismissed a senior Customs official due to allegations of ties to the anonymous author of a 2018 op-ed. The official was appointed as the executive director of the Office of Trade Relations at Customs and Border Protection and was later asked to resign, shocking other officials. It is unclear what the specifics of his connection to the op-ed author are. The op-ed was published in The New York Times by former Homeland Security official Miles Taylor, depicting acts of resistance within the Trump administration.

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2025-04-25 11:29:42

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On April 25, according to The Washington Post citing a U.S. government official and two other knowledgeable sources, the White House earlier this week dismissed a senior customs official, primarily because he was alleged to be connected to the author of an anonymous op-ed critical of President Donald Trump published in 2018. George E. Bogden was appointed this year as the executive director of the Office of Trade Relations at Customs and Border Protection, but was subsequently asked to resign, which surprised other officials within the U.S. government. It remains unclear how the U.S. government linked Bogden to Miles Taylor. Taylor was an official at the Department of Homeland Security when he wrote the anonymous op-ed, which was published in The New York Times, describing resistance within the government during Trump’s first term.

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