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See the full story · 3 sourcesUS President Donald Trump listening to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt speaking during a campaign rally for US Senator Darline Graham in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, on Aug 21.
WASHINGTON - Departing White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced on Aug 21 that she will join a pro-Trump political fundraising group when she leaves her post at the end of the month. The 28-year-old spokeswoman will re-join MAGA Inc., a pro-Trump “super PAC,” or political action committee.
Such organisations can raise unlimited money and then use it to influence elections, including through advertising, as long as they do not directly coordinate with candidates and their official campaigns.
Leavitt told journalists that she would still join the president at a Republican convention in Dallas, Texas, in early September, ahead of November’s mid-term elections.
She previously worked for MAGA Inc. from 2022 to 2024 before joining Trump’s campaign team.
Asked on Aug 21 about a successor to Leavitt, the youngest person ever to hold the position of White House press secretary, Trump said he had “never had so many job applications in my life”.
Leavitt, who gave birth to her second child in early May, announced on Aug 12 that she was leaving her position to devote more time to her family. AFP
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