Ariel Abergel, 25, a former Fox News producer handpicked by President Donald Trump to lead the planning of America’s 250th birthday celebrations, has been removed from his position by the bipartisan Semiquincentennial Commission, according to a spokesperson cited by The Wall Street Journal.

The spokesperson said Abergel was fired after he “initiated a security breach of a commission social-media account, attempted to procure the resignations of multiple commissioners by misrepresenting himself as acting on behalf of congressional leadership, and engaged in multiple other serious and repeated breaches of authority and trust.”

Abergel rejects firing explanation

Abergel rejected the commission’s claims, calling them “malicious lies” meant to “distract from the truth,” according to WSJ Jour

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