In the years before joining the government, Mr Beattie wrote social media posts suggesting Western institutions should be “infiltrated” by Putin, while he also attacked what he described as the “globalist American empire”.

Awesome dude to put in charge. /s

I’m going to burry so many traitors when the coming civil war gets hot.

I am shocked, shocked I tell you. 🙄

A senior official who dismantled the US government’s Russian disinformation unit is married to a Russian woman with links to the Kremlin

They’re talking about Melania, right?