The End of Stephen Miller’s Recusals
As a result, a White House official told me this afternoon, “Stephen Miller is no longer subject to any recusals and may fully participate in all meetings and policy matters.” Katie declined to comment.
Key points
- When she left the White House, she maintained her consulting work for Musk and SpaceX, leading the White House counsel to advise that Stephen Miller recuse himself on related issues.
- For months, Stephen Miller has recused himself from matters of policy that involve Katie Miller’s other financial interests at the direction of the White House counsel.
- Katie Miller—the podcaster, political consultant, and wife of Stephen—spent the weekend in the Washington area, rearranging her own life.
When Katie Miller began working closely with Paramount, offering to help arrange a company party for Trump before the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Stephen Miller expanded his recusals to cover related issues.
Additional details
- S tephen Miller spent his first weekend as White House chief of staff on the patio at Mar-a-Lago, huddling with President Trump and Natalie Harp, his executive assistant, about how to approach the next two years with the House and Senate under Democratic control.
- Katie Miller severed her employment with SpaceX, sold her stock in the company, and forfeited her right to future equity that had not yet vested under her contract, according to a person familiar with the moves.
- Katie Miller’s career change comes amid a public uproar over possible improper influence in the White House, after the former adviser Calley Means went on Joe Rogan’s podcast to allege “demonic” efforts to influence White House policy by lobbyists with close ties to senior officials.
- After Trump announced his new chief of staff on Friday afternoon, Katie Miller responded on X: “Watching your best friend and spouse achieve their dreams is a once-in-a-lifetime experience.” She kept the commentary going through the weekend.
- That meant that Stephen did not work on issues involving the media company Paramount, where his wife had been seeking a podcast deal, or anything to do with space policy or artificial intelligence, because his wife, a longtime adviser to Elon Musk, also worked for SpaceX, the owner of the Grok artificial-intelligence assistant.
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