--- title: Sebastian Gorka Could Be Next to Leave After Steve Bannon description: Sebastian Gorka, an ally of ousted White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon, also faces possible removal from his post. canonical: https://time.com/4907339/sebastian-gorka-white-house-job-steve-bannon/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-08-18T19:46:18.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T17:04:21.251Z article:section: Politics og:title: One of Steve Bannon's Closest Allies Could Be Next to Leave the White House og:description: He also worked with Bannon at Breitbart news og:url: https://time.com/4907339/sebastian-gorka-white-house-job-steve-bannon/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt32dee493228204de/6988da5b196cf4aa51041895/sebastian-gorka-steve-bannon-white-house.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3240 og:image:height: 1823 og:image:alt: President Donald Trump awarded the Medal of Honor to former Specialist Five James C. 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Brief is free at time.com/newsletters. by [Margaret Talev and Justin Sink / Bloomberg](https://time.com/author/bloomberg/) ## Margaret Talev and Justin Sink / Bloomberg Contributor Aug 18, 2017 7:46 PM UTC  Sebastian Gorka, member of the national security advisory staff of the United States, was present for he Medal of Honor ceremony for former Specialist Five James C. McCloughan, U.S. Army in the East Room of the White House, on July 31, 2017. Sebastian Gorka, member of the national security advisory staff of the United States, was present for he Medal of Honor ceremony for former Specialist Five James C. McCloughan, U.S. Army in the East Room of the White House, on July 31, 2017. Cheriss May—NurPhoto/ Getty Images by [Margaret Talev and Justin Sink / Bloomberg](https://time.com/author/bloomberg/) ## Margaret Talev and Justin Sink / Bloomberg Contributor Aug 18, 2017 7:46 PM UTC Sebastian Gorka, an ally of ousted White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon, also faces possible removal from his post as a counterterrorism aide to President Donald Trump, two people with knowledge of the situation said Friday. Gorka, who previously worked with Bannon at Breitbart News, has appeared regularly on Fox News to speak on the Trump administration’s behalf. Earlier in the year, he drew sharp criticism from Democratic lawmakers after reports he had links to a far-right group in Hungary alleged to be antisemitic. Gorka has dismissed those accusations as groundless and called Trump’s White House one of the “most pro-Israeli administrations in U.S. history.” Gorka didn’t respond to a request for comment. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4907339/sebastian-gorka-white-house-job-steve-bannon/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4907339/sebastian-gorka-white-house-job-steve-bannon/"},"headline":"One of Steve Bannon's Closest Allies Could Be Next to Leave the White House","datePublished":"2017-08-18T19:46:18.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T17:04:21.251Z","description":"He also worked with Bannon at Breitbart news","url":"https://time.com/4907339/sebastian-gorka-white-house-job-steve-bannon/","keywords":["White House","Bloomberg","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt32dee493228204de/6988da5b196cf4aa51041895/sebastian-gorka-steve-bannon-white-house.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Margaret Talev and Justin Sink / Bloomberg"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt32dee493228204de/6988da5b196cf4aa51041895/sebastian-gorka-steve-bannon-white-house.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"President Donald Trump awarded the Medal of Honor to former Specialist Five James C. 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