US EditionMetadata Leak Links Federal Memos to Project 2025 Authors
- Some memos from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management were seemingly written by people with Project 2025 connections, as reported by 404 Media.
- Noah Peters, a senior advisor at OPM, authored a memo titled 'Guidance on Presidential Memorandum Return to In-Person Work' dated January 24.
- James Sherk authored the memo 'Federal Civilian Hiring Freeze Guidance' and is noted as an architect of the Trump administration's Schedule F classification.
- The Trump administration has replaced original files on OPM's website with copies listing different authors, but journalist Molly White has hosted the original files.
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OPM 'scrambled to scrub' metadata from memos containing reported Project 2025 links
During the 2024 U.S. presidential race, now-President Donald Trump made a concerted effort to distance himself from Project 2025 — the Heritage Foundation's 922-page blueprint for a second Trump presidency. Trump reportedly viewed Project 2025 as a major political liability, claiming he had nothing to do with it even though its architects were major allies.Democratic nominee Kamala Harris hammered Trump aggressively on Project 2025, and her webs…
Memos to Federal Employees Were Written By People With Ties to Project 2025, Metadata Shows
Some of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) memos sent to federal workers about firing, hiring freezes, and mandatory return to office demands were seemingly written by people who were previously employed by the Heritage Foundation and other conservative think tanks with longstanding loyalties to President Donald Trump, according to metadata on the memos posted by the government online. We know this because the senders of the memos failed t…
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