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Despite his history of making extreme statements and promoting wild conspiracy theories, far-right Anthony J. Tata is now a senior Pentagon official during Donald Trump's second presidency. Tata, in the past, described former President Barack Obama as a "terrorist leader," called Islam the "most oppressive, violent religion I know of," and claimed that the Obama Administration's Iran deal was motivated by Obama's "Islamic roots."

Tata is now involved in a lawsuit, alleging that astrologer Amy Tripp, a.k.a. Starheal, stalked him.

The Guardian's Richard Luscombe, in an article published on August 30, reports that Tata "had a months-long extramarital affair with" Tripp and "claims, in a defamation lawsuit, filed in Florida that she cyberstalked him and his wife after they split up."

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"Court papers in Palm Beach County, (Florida) allege that Amy Tripp, known as Starheal to her tens of thousands of social media followers, was so upset by the end of the relationship that she repeatedly threatened and harassed the victim, identified as Anthony Tata, who assumed office as the undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness in July," Luscombe explains. "Tata — a 65-year-old former Fox News contributor, retired (U.S.) Army brigadier general and author of a series of military-themed novels — has previously made numerous Islamophobic and inflammatory comments…. The 17-page lawsuit, reported by The Cut, reveals intimate details of his affair with Tripp, who correctly foresaw the date on which Joe Biden would drop out of the 2024 presidential race that Trump won."

Luscombe adds, "She subsequently predicted that (former Vice President) Kamala Harris would become California governor. Harris announced, in July, she would not seek the office."

According to Luscombe, Tata's lawsuit "claims the pair met on the dating app Bumble in April 2024

"The affair ended, it said, shortly before Tata was confirmed by the U.S. Senate to his new role on 15 July," Luscombe reports. "The lawsuit identifies the plaintiff only as 'John Doe,' but Tata's was the only Defense Department confirmation on that date, and the document also makes reference to his work as a novelist. Tripp, it said, took the breakup badly and began a campaign of harassment that featured hundreds of calls and text messages to Tata and his wife."

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The Guardian reporter continues, "During these conversations, Ms. Tripp threatened that she would 'beat the s---' out of John Doe's wife, that she was going to ruin both of John Doe and John Doe's wife's lives, and that they needed to 'watch our backs,' the lawsuit said.

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Read Richard Luscombe's full article for The Guardian at this link.