CHICAGO — Olivia Troye, who left her job as White House national security adviser under former President Donald Trump after Jan. 6, believes Republican candidates are preparing to make “election fraud” claims again in 2024.
“I remember the 2020 playbook well,” Troye told USA Today at the Democratic National Convention last week, adding that he was deeply concerned about the “real-world consequences” of false claims that the election was stolen. “He’s saying the same thing again.”
She said she also worries about what a second Trump presidency could mean for the intelligence community.
During the Trump administration, Troye served as national security and counterterrorism adviser to former Vice President Mike Pence.
Trump’s conflicts with members of the intelligence community were well-known and publicized during his presidency, and Troye was present for many of those heated intelligence briefings.
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In a startling revelation, Troye said that if Trump receives information he doesn’t like, he will simply fire the person who provided it.
“Whenever someone was providing factual reporting that was based on real information that really mattered, especially when it came to foreign adversaries, he discredited them,” a former Trump administration official explained.
“I’ve seen bosses and longtime leaders get fired who were concerned about what Russia was doing, about foreign interference going on, and he didn’t want to hear it.”
Troye resigned from the Trump administration in 2020 after a decades-long career in national security.
Speaking at the Democratic National Convention, she acknowledged that voting for a Democrat was a difficult decision for a Republican who wanted to serve in the White House, but said supporting Vice President Kamala Harris for president was “the right choice” as an American.
Troye was among the Republicans who took to the stage at the convention last week to voice their support for Harris and criticize her for trying to appeal to anti-Trump moderate Republicans and independents.
In addition to Troy, other Republicans who spoke at the Democratic National Convention included former Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger, who served on the House committee that investigated Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, former Trump press secretary Stephanie Grisham, former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan and Mesa, Arizona Mayor John Gill.
