A Trump Aide's January 6 Social Media Posts Surface Years After the Fact
Natalie Harp, who currently holds two roles in the White House — special assistant to the president and executive assistant to the president, at an annual salary of $150,000 — posted more than 150 pro-Trump messages on a now-deactivated social media account during the January 6, 2021 Capitol attack. This was years before she joined the White House staff. The findings come from a CNN investigation published August 22, 2026 CNN.
The Guardian, publishing its own account on August 23, 2026, confirmed the findings and added further detail. Harp opened the account in 2016 on the platform now known as X. On January 6, 2021, as Donald Trump delivered a speech near the White House, Harp posted at a rapid pace. Among her more than 150 posts that day, she wrote "FIGHT FOR TRUMP!" twelve times The Guardian.
Her messages repeated Trump's false claims that the 2020 election had been stolen. Specific posts included "Today, DC is TRUMP COUNTRY!", "today we STOP THE STEAL!", and, during Trump's speech that day, "We will never give up. We will never concede!" The Guardian.
CNN's review found that Harp's devotion to Trump's false election narrative had built in the weeks before January 6, not just on the day itself CTV News. The posts were not the output of a casual supporter. Their sheer volume and intensity on a day of historic political violence set Harp's social media activity apart from that of others in Trump's inner circle.
Harp's personal connection to Trump predates her government role. In a 2019 message, she compared Trump to the Good Samaritan, saying that an intervention by the then-president had saved her life while she battled cancer The Guardian. That sense of personal debt, paired with the combative rhetoric she displayed online, adds a layer to understanding her path from private citizen with a social media platform to a staffer holding two formal titles in the executive office of the president.
The account now appears to be suspended, though The Guardian reports it is unclear when it was taken down or whether Harp or the platform itself removed the posts The Guardian.
The broader context here is what this means for the current administration. The revelation introduces a figure in the president's immediate orbit whose public expressions on January 6 aligned with the rhetoric that investigators, prosecutors, and the bipartisan January 6 Committee identified as central to the events of that day. Harp's titles place her in daily proximity to the president, and the surfacing of these posts raises questions about the vetting process for senior staff — specifically, how thoroughly past online activity is reviewed before appointments are finalized. It also fits a broader pattern of scrutiny applied to Trump's post-2024 inner circle, where loyalty to the stolen-election narrative has served as a qualifying test rather than a disqualifying one.
The wider backdrop is the ongoing tension between transparency and personnel decisions in the Trump White House. Harp's case is not one of a staffer who softened past views upon entering government service; the evidence suggests an unbroken ideological path from private cheerleader to official aide. Whether the administration addresses the disclosures directly, or treats them as settled history from a staffer's pre-employment years, will signal how it intends to handle similar revelations as they surface among other appointees.
