# Trump megadonor pushed the White House to hire her personal pick for crucial DOJ role… now humiliating fallout is revealed after troubling social media posts

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/trump-megadonor-pushed-the-white-house-to-hire-her-personal-pick-for-crucial-doj-role-now-humiliating-fallout-is-revealed-after-troubling-social-media-posts/
- Published: 2026-11-12T20:55:08+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-12T21:19:46+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/us-politics/article-16278721/Trump-White-House-megadonor-DOJ-hire-fallout.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Adelson reportedly backed Ligris for a senior DOJ role.
- His nomination was withdrawn after scrutiny of deleted posts.
- Questions remain about donor influence and personnel decisions.

## Summary

Republican megadonor Miriam Adelson reportedly urged the White House to appoint Konstantinos “Kosta” Ligris to a senior Justice Department post, despite objections from department officials who considered him unqualified. The episode has drawn scrutiny over the influence of political donors and the White House personnel office’s handling of important appointments.

Sources told the article that personnel official Morgan DeWitt-Snow pushed Ligris’s nomination through, but it was withdrawn after a June Senate hearing about hundreds of social media posts he had deleted. The posts included calls to impeach federal judges and insults aimed at police and members of Congress. The Office of Justice Programs oversees billions of dollars in funding, including support for substance abuse initiatives; Adelson leads clinics and research centres in that area, but it is unclear whether any received Justice Department grants.

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