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Deloitte has come under fire from close allies of former President Trump and Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) after one of its employees shared private conversations with Vance from 2020 in which the vice presidential candidate criticized Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Donald Trump Jr., who identified the individual as Deloitte employee Kevin Gallagher, suggested that Republicans reevaluate the government\u2019s nearly $3 billion in contracts with the consulting firm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAn executive at @Deloitte named Kevin Gallagher decided to interfere in the election & leak private convos with JD Vance to help Kamala Harris,\u201d the former president\u2019s son wrote in a post on social platform X, first reported by The Washington Post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMaybe it\u2019s time for the GOP to end Deloitte\u2019s taxpayer funded gravy train?\u201d he added in the late September post, tagging Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump Jr.\u2019s comments were shared on X by Vance\u2019s communications director William Martin. Trump adviser Jason Miller also reposted the comments with his own message, \u201cKevin Gallagher FAFO,\u201d an acronym for the phrase \u201cf\u2011\u2011\u2011 around and find out.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The revelation that the leaked conversations had come from a Deloitte employee also drew concern from at least one member of Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is outrageous and @Deloitte should immediately and publicly respond to this scandal,\u201d Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) wrote on X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deloitte noted in a statement that it is a nonpartisan firm and that Gallagher \u201cshared private personal messages on his own volition without the knowledge of Deloitte.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDeloitte is deeply committed to supporting our government and commercial clients and we have a long track record of doing so across parties and administrations,\u201d the company added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The saga began shortly after the Post published Vance\u2019s direct messages from 2020 in which he criticized his now running mate. The newspaper did not reveal Gallagher\u2019s identity in the piece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTrump has just so thoroughly failed to deliver on his economic populism (excepting a disjointed China policy),\u201d Vance wrote in one message in February 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In another message in June 2020, Vance predicted that Trump would lose the upcoming election. The Ohio Republican has since refused to say whether the former president lost the 2020 election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vance\u2019s private comments suggest his change of heart about the former president occurred later than previously understood. Prior to running for the Senate, Vance was particularly critical of Trump, at one point describing him as \u201cAmerica\u2019s Hitler.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He has since walked back his criticism of the former president and become one of Trump\u2019s most prominent supporters in Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI was wrong about him. I didn\u2019t think he was going to be a good president \u2026 and I was very, very proud to be proven wrong. It\u2019s one of the reasons why I\u2019m working so hard to get him elected,\u201d Vance said in May, amid rumors he was in contention to be Trump\u2019s running mate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, Vance\u2019s private messages from 2020 show he continued to criticize the former president throughout the last year of his presidency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vance reached out to Gallagher on X, then known as Twitter, in October 2019 to praise an essay he had written, leading to a series of messages between the two over a stretch of 11 months, the Post reported after Gallagher\u2019s identity had been revealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gallagher said he was a consultant working with investment managers during the nearly yearlong conversation with Vance but did not mention Deloitte, according to the Post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kedric Payne, vice president, general counsel and senior director of ethics at the Campaign Legal Center, said it is \u201cclear\u201d a government contractor like Deloitte would not lose a government contract under the circumstances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s possible that those who are bringing this clearly realize that there are no legal grounds for it, but they\u2019re just trying to discourage anyone from making comments because they think their job might be in jeopardy,\u201d Payne told The Hill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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