SEB GORKA HAS A WARRANT IN HUNGARY!
Hungarian Police Have A Warrant Out For Former Trump Advisor Sebastian Gorka
Gorka's warrant on gun charges was in effect the entire time he was in the White House.
Hayes BrownJanuary 18, 2018, at 11:49 a.m.
Mary Calvert / Reuters
Former Trump White House staffer Sebastian Gorka has an active warrant out for his arrest in his native Hungary, according to the Hungarian police's website.
Gorka, whose exact role in the White House while serving as a deputy assistant to the president was never entirely clear, apparently is in trouble with the law over a charge of "firearm or ammunition abuse." The warrant, first reported in Hungarian online outlet
444, was issued on September 17, 2016, prior to Trump's election.
That means that the entire seven months Gorka spent in the White House, including when
meeting with Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó in Washington last March, an arrest warrant was pending overseas.
Details about the reasoning behind the warrant are sparse: the Hungarian police's
website only notes the date it was issued, the charge, and that it was filed with the Budaörs police station in Budapest. 444 noted that the charge could have resulted from an incident as far back as 2009. The police station did not immediately respond to BuzzFeed News' request for comment.
Hungarian Police
Gorka declined to comment. "Don't waste your time," he said when reached by phone. "I don't talk to BuzzFeed, thank you."
Gorka's affinity for guns is well-known. He told
Recoil magazine in November that he packs a pistol — along with a knife and tourniquet — everyday. In February 2016, he had a gun
confiscated after attempting to bring it through Washington's Reagan National Airport.
BuzzFeed News previously reported on
Gorka's history in Hungary.
The details of Gorka's leaving the White House still remain murky: he claims to have resigned, but reports at the time indicated that he was fired and the Secret Service
ordered not to let him into the building. Whether or not Gorka possessed a security clearance during his months in Trump administration is also at question, with reports suggesting he had none. A background check prior to the issuance of a clearance likely would have turned up Gorka's warrant.
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