(CNN) A speechwriter for President Donald Trump who attended a conference frequented by white nationalists has left the White House. The White House, which asked CNN to hold off on the story for several days last week declined to say when Beattie left the White House. Beattie's email address at the White House, which worked until late Friday evening, was no longer active by Saturday. "Mr. Beattie no longer works at the White House," White House spokesman Hogan Gidley told CNN on Friday night. "In 2016 I attended the Mencken conference in question and delivered a stand-alone, academic talk titled 'The Intelligentsia and the Right.'

Source: CNN August 19, 2018 16:30 UTC