American government employee
Julia Hahn
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Born
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1991-04-01
)
April 1, 1991
(age 33)
[1]
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Nationality
| American
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Alma mater
| University of Chicago
(
BA
)
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Occupation
| Journalist
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Julia Aviva Hahn
(born April 1, 1991) is an American writer. Between 2017 and 2021, she was deputy communications director in the Trump White House.
Early life
[
edit
]
Hahn was born to a
Jewish
family,
[2]
[3]
[4]
and grew up in
Beverly Hills
. She attended
Harvard-Westlake School
in Los Angeles.
[5]
Her grandfather is Harold Honickman, the head of a successful soft-drink bottling company, who in 2002 was estimated to be worth $850 million.
[6]
Hahn attended the
University of Chicago
, studying philosophy.
[7]
While a student, she also studied in
Paris
.
[8]
Hahn's senior thesis at the University of Chicago was on "issues at the intersection of
psychoanalysis
and post-
Foucauldian
philosophical inquiry".
[8]
Career
[
edit
]
Hahn started her career as producer for
The Laura Ingraham Show
, eventually becoming executive producer of the show.
[5]
Hahn then became press secretary for Virginia Congressman
Dave Brat
.
[7]
In 2015, Hahn began working at
Breitbart News
as a writer.
[9]
She followed
Steve Bannon
to the White House, becoming his deputy policy strategist.
[10]
[9]
She remained in the White House after Bannon's departure and worked in a communications position.
[11]
She wrote headlines such as "Republican-Led Congress Oversees Large-Scale Importation of Somali Migrants."
[10]
According to
The New York Times
, on entering the White House at age 25, Hahn's financial disclosure forms indicate she had some $1.5 million in stocks including investments in
PepsiCo
and the
State of Israel Bond
,
[12]
as well as a
Custodial Bank Account for minors
containing between $500,000?$1 million.
[13]
In August 2020,
The New York Times
reported that Hahn compiled White House Press Secretary
Kayleigh McEnany
's briefing binder for her White House press briefings.
[14]
In January 2021, Hahn was hired on U.S. Senator
Bill Hagerty
's staff.
[15]
Controversy
[
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]
In October 2020, the
Southern Poverty Law Center
published a report to its Hatewatch blog based on leaked emails by Hahn's former colleague at
Breitbart News
, Katie McHugh. The article alleged that Hahn had connections to prominent white nationalists during her time as a
Breitbart
reporter and producer for
Laura Ingraham
. In response to the story, the White House issued a statement on Hahn's behalf, saying that she "condemns racism and hatred in all forms" and describing the emails as "cherry-picked."
[16]
References
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]
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Maass, Peter (7 May 2017).
"Birth of A Radical"
.
The Intercept
. Retrieved
17 August
2017
.
Hahn, who was born on April Fools' Day in 1991
- ^
Bovy, Phoebe Maltz (February 6, 2017).
"What's a Nice Jewish Girl Like Julia Hahn Doing in Steve Bannon's White House?"
.
Jewish Daily Forward
.
- ^
Goldiner, David (January 23, 2017).
"Julia Hahn, Jewish Breitbart Reporter, Tapped for White House Post Under Steve Bannon"
.
Jewish Daily Forward
.
- ^
Jung, Helin (April 5, 2017).
"Who Is Julia Hahn? 7 Things to Know About Steve Bannon's Protegee Who Now Works in the White House"
.
Cosmopolitan
.
- ^
a
b
Terris, Ben (March 30, 2017).
"Who is Julia Hahn? The Unlikely Rise of Steve Bannon's Right-Hand Woman ? a 'Mild-Mannered' 25-Year-Old"
.
National Post
.
- ^
Maass, Peter (May 7, 2017).
"Birth of a Radical"
.
The Intercept
.
- ^
a
b
Costa, Robert (January 23, 2017).
"Trump's latest hire alarms allies of Ryan ? and bolsters Bannon"
.
The Washington Post
.
- ^
a
b
Marantz, Andrew (February 13, 2017).
"Becoming Steve Bannon's Bannon"
.
The New Yorker
.
- ^
a
b
Isenstadt, Alex (January 22, 2017).
"Breitbart writer expected to join White House staff"
.
Politico
.
- ^
a
b
Kulish, Nicholas (April 24, 2017).
"With Ally in Oval Office, Immigration Hard-Liners Ascend to Power"
.
The New York Times
.
ISSN
0362-4331
. Retrieved
August 2,
2020
.
- ^
Markay, Lachlan; Suebsaeng, Asawin (November 6, 2017).
"Bannon Protegee Gets a New Job in the White House?and It's Not Going Well"
.
The Daily Beast
. Retrieved
January 13,
2018
.
- ^
"Executive Branch Personnel Public Financial Disclosure Report (OGE Form 278e)"
.
Politico
.
- ^
"Who's Worth What at the White House: The Financial Disclosures"
.
The New York Times
. March 31, 2017.
- ^
Rogers, Katie
; Haberman, Maggie (August 2, 2020).
"Kayleigh McEnany Heckles the Press. Is That All?"
.
The New York Times
.
ISSN
0362-4331
. Retrieved
August 2,
2020
.
- ^
"Former Trump aides Deere, Hahn hired by U.S. senator from Tennessee"
.
Reuters
. January 28, 2021
. Retrieved
January 30,
2021
.
- ^
Hayden, Michael Edison (October 21, 2020).
"Trump Official Brought Hate Connections to the White House"
.
splcenter.org
.
Southern Poverty Law Center
.