Julia Hahn

Julia Aviva Hahn (born April 1, 1991) is an American writer and Special Assistant to President Donald Trump. She began her career working as an editor for Breitbart News. Since January 2017, Hahn has been Special Assistant to President Donald Trump.[2]

Julia Hahn
Born (1991-04-01) April 1, 1991[1]
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Chicago, A.B.
OccupationJournalist and Special Assistant to President Donald Trump

Early life

Hahn was born to a Jewish family,[3][4][5] and grew up in Beverly Hills. She attended Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles.[6] Her grandfather is Harold Honickman, the chairman of Pepsi, a soft-drink bottling company that in 2002 was estimated to be worth $850 million,[7] the 277th wealthiest person in America, according to the Forbes 400.[8]

Hahn attended the University of Chicago, studying philosophy.[2] While a student, she also studied in Paris.[9] Hahn's senior thesis at the University of Chicago was on "issues at the intersection of psychoanalysis and post-Foucauldian philosophical inquiry".[9]

Career

Hahn started her career as a producer for The Laura Ingraham Show, which would spark her political interest.[6] Hahn became a press secretary for Virginia Congressman Dave Brat.[2]

In 2015, Hahn began working at Breitbart News as a writer and editor.[10] She followed Steve Bannon to the White House, becoming his deputy policy strategist.[11][10] She remained in the White House after Bannon's departure and worked in a communications position.[12] Writing for Breitbart, Hahn approvingly referenced The Camp of the Saints, a controversial French novel popular among white nationalist circles.[13] She wrote headlines such as "Republican-Led Congress Oversees Large-Scale Importation of Somali Migrants."[11]

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,[14] as well as a Custodial Bank Account for minors containing between $500,000–$1 million.[15]

In August 2020, The New York Times reported that Hahn compiled binders of talking points for White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany.[16]

References
  1. 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
  2. Costa, Robert (January 23, 2017). "Trump's latest hire alarms allies of Ryan — and bolsters Bannon". The Washington Post.
  3. What’s a Nice Jewish Girl Like Julia Hahn Doing in Steve Bannon’s White House? February 6, 2017, By Phoebe Maltz Bovy, Jewish Daily Forward
  4. Julia Hahn, Jewish Breitbart Reporter, Tapped for White House Post Under Steve Bannon January 23, 2017. Dave Goldiner, Jewish Daily Forward
  5. Who Is Julia Hahn? 7 Things to Know About Steve Bannon's Protégée Who Now Works in the White House. Helin Jung, April 5, 2017, Cosmopolitan
  6. 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.
  7. Birth of a Radical Peter Maass, May 7, 2017, The Intercept
  8. #277, Honickman, Harold Archived 2017-08-27 at the Wayback Machine Forbes 400, 2002
  9. Becoming Steve Bannon's Bannon. Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, February 13, 2017.
  10. Isenstadt, Alex (January 22, 2017). "Breitbart writer expected to join White House staff". Politico.
  11. Kulish, Nicholas (2017-04-24). "With Ally in Oval Office, Immigration Hard-Liners Ascend to Power". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-08-02.
  12. Markay, Lachlan; Suebsaeng, Asawin (November 6, 2017). "Bannon Protégée Gets a New Job in the White House—and It's Not Going Well". The Daily Beast. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
  13. This Is What a White Nationalist Administration Looks Like
  14. Executive Branch Personnel Public Financial Disclosure Report (OGE Form 278e)
  15. Who’s Worth What at the White House: The Financial Disclosures，The New York Times, March 31, 2017
  16. Rogers, Katie; Haberman, Maggie (2020-08-02). "Kayleigh McEnany Heckles the Press. Is That All?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-08-02.
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