Beattie was previously rehired by Trump late in his first term after his earlier firing. He was appointed to serve a three-year term starting in November 2020 as part of a task force responsible for preserving sites linked to the Holocaust.
The
Anti-Defamation League said at the time that it was “absolutely outrageous” that Beattie was appointed to the position as “someone who has consorted with racists.”
“The ADL pretends to be an organization that protects Jews, but it really exists to protect Democrats,” Beattie told
The New York Times in response. “As a Jewish Trump supporter, I consider it an honor to be attacked by the far-left ADL and its disgraced leader, Jonathan Greenblatt.”
Beattie had already previously struck back against accusations he “consorted with racists.”