According to his Wikipedia bio, Sergio Gor is Director of the White House Presidential Personnel Office. Reportedly born in 1986 in the Mediterranean island nation of Malta (though the Maltese government “cannot confirm” his birthplace), he emigrated with his family to the United States in 1999, attended high school in Los Angeles and George Washington University in Washington, DC.

Since college, he has worked for the Republican National Committee; served as a staff member for Congressional Representatives Randy Forbes, Michele Bachmann and Steve King; worked as an associate producer for Fox News, and as Deputy Chief of Staff for Senator Rand Paul. He was a top fundraising official for Donald Trump’s 2020 reelection campaign, and founded the pro-Trump super-PAC known as Right for America, which spent nearly $72 million during Trump’s 2024 campaign.

And now, as head of the White House Personnel Office, he holds enormous power. His position charges him with the vetting and hiring of around 4,000 Executive-branch staff members . . . which he accomplishes, in part, by “poring over old tweets, political donations and remarks to ensure loyalty to the president.” [Steven Nelson and Diana Glebova, New York Post, June 17, 2025.]

But doubt has arisen as to whether Gor himself has been properly vetted for his own security clearance. According to the New York Post, three administration insiders have said that Gor has not submitted his Standard Form 86, a document containing more than 100 pages of questions required for clearance. Among the bits of information to be provided are statements of where the applicant was born and whether they have any foreign connections. [Id.]

An inquiry to the Maltese government as to Gor’s birth date was responded to as follows:

“No acts are registered with the provided details.” [Id.]

White House counsel David Warrington of course claims that “Mr. Gor is fully compliant with all applicable ethical and legal obligations. His security clearance is active, any insinuation he doesn’t maintain a clearance is false.” [Giselle Ruhiyyih Ewing, Politico, June 19, 2025.]

Perhaps so. But where there are questions, there should be answers — answers supported by evidence. A copy of his completed application would suffice nicely, along with a copy of his birth certificate or U.S. naturalization documentation. That would certainly put the rumors to rest.

What is most intriguing, though, is that no one outside the White House seems to know who Mr. Gor really is . . . other than the inestimable Elon Musk, who knows him all too well. In fact, it appears that Mr. Gor may have been largely responsible for Musk’s sudden and hasty departure from the Washington political scene.

Musk reportedly refused to work with Gor after a Cabinet meeting in March, where Musk’s criticism of some Cabinet members’ agency cuts prompted Donald Trump to remind Musk that the agency heads — and not Musk or his DOGE cutthroats — had authority over their own departments. [Id.]

And the final blow for Musk may have come when Trump — at Gor’s urging — terminated the nomination of Musk’s pick of Jared Isaacman to head NASA. It was around that time that Musk packed up and left town, and the now-infamous name-calling marathon between Trump and Musk began.

That is a clear indication of the level of influence Gor has with Trump, and all the more reason that his legitimacy should be verified.

Now — while the former BFFs have called a truce of sorts — Musk has turned his attention (and his venom) to Gor, calling him a “snake” in a post on X, and raising the question of whether Gor has indeed been properly vetted for security clearance purposes.

So, are we in for another round of “boys will be boys” insults? Are Musk’s accusations of security breaches in the White House true, or merely guesswork fueled by spite? And does any of it really matter?

Well, yes, unfortunately it does matter . . . and especially if the absence of a proper security clearance turns out to be true. Because then a slew of other questions would arise, such as where Sergio Gor was actually born. If not Malta, then where? (Russia has been suggested by some, but without adequate substantiation.) Is that his real name? Is he actually a U.S. citizen? And if it turns out that he has been improperly acting in his position in the White House, then what about all of those persons he has been responsible for hiring? Are they all to be re-investigated, or even fired?

This could turn out to be a tempest in a teapot . . . or it could be a major headache for the Trump administration. Either way, let’s hope it gets cleared up, and not swept under an expensive White House oriental carpet.

Just sayin’ . . .

Brendochka
6/19/25