Peter J. White is an American government official who was Senior Policy Analyst on the

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for President Donald Trump. He reported to Stephen Miller, a former staffer of Sen. Jeff Sessions who was a Trump senior advisor.

Biography

White graduated from

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. He attended the

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. White was employed by Congressman Mo Brooks, representing Alabama's 5th congressional district, serving as Brooks' Legislative Counsel, where he crafted legislation relating to

immigration Immigration is the international movement of people to a destination country of which they are not natives or where they do not possess citizenship in order to settle as permanent residents or naturalized citizens. Commuters, tourists, and ...

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, and cybersecurity, and served as Brooks' chief advisor on

judiciary The judiciary (also known as the judicial system, judicature, judicial branch, judiciative branch, and court or judiciary system) is the system of courts that adjudicates legal disputes/disagreements and interprets, defends, and applies the law ...

and

transportation Transport (in British English), or transportation (in American English), is the intentional movement of humans, animals, and goods from one location to another. Modes of transport include air, land (rail and road), water, cable, pipeline, ...

issues. He has also worked at the

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in the Office of International Affairs and the Bureau of Competition, and the

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's Spectrum and Competition Policy Division of the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau. White is an active member of the Federalist Society, an

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, an avid

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, a licensed

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, and performs

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legal work for the Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless.

Trump administration

White manages aerospace policy for President Trump's

and drafted the executive order reinstating the

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. White advocated for development of a new space station called the Lunar Gateway, and an expansion of the

Federal Aviation Administration The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is the largest transportation agency of the U.S. government and regulates all aspects of civil aviation in the country as well as over surrounding international waters. Its powers include air traffic m ...

's office that oversees commercial space transportation. White is an active member of the Federalist Society, described as “one of the most influential legal organizations in American history, with intellectual reach and political clout that no other legal group can match,” and the group to which President Trump “effectively outsourced his Supreme Court picks.” White was identified by

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research organization

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as one of eight Trump staffers, a “secret hatchet team,” who are "quietly leading the charge" to "systematically dismantle the federal government."

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:White, Peter J. Living people Lawyers from Huntsville, Alabama Trump administration personnel Year of birth missing (living people) American civil servants Federalist_Society_members Washington_College_of_Law_alumni United States House of Representatives lawyers