Leaked files show far-right influences among Project 2025 applicants

Source: The Guardian

Fri 28 Nov 2025 10.47 EST
Last modified on Fri 28 Nov 2025 13.01 EST


Hacked materials from the powerful rightwing thinktank the Heritage Foundation show that applicants to a Project 2025-branded effort to create a talent pool for the Trump administration cited the influence of Nazi political theorists and other far-right thinkers on their political views.

Not all applicants revealed in the hack ended up with Trump administration jobs, but some current appointees did make applications.

And amid a developing “civil war” on the right about the influence of the antisemitic far right – which has included internal dissension at Heritage – the materials show that at least seven members of a nationwide network of men-only, nativist and antisemitic clubs applied to work in the administration, revealing the extent to which the Republicans and the far-right have converged.

Hannah Gais, a senior analyst at the civil rights organization the Southern Poverty Law center, told the Guardian: “Given Project 2025’s reactionary goals, it’s no surprise that these applicants would cite any myriad of influences peddling such authoritarian and anti-democratic rhetoric. Gais added: “These are the fruits of the strategy that some activists have embraced of ‘no enemies to the right.’ But it’s nevertheless telling that these applicants felt safe citing such radical figures.”

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/28/project-2025-heritage-foundation-hack