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Laura Loomer takes credit for Trump's effort to get Lisa Monaco fired by Microsoft
Laura Loomer, a far-right conspiracy theorist and social media influencer who serves as an adviser to Donald Trump, has taken credit for the president demanding on Friday that Microsoft fire Lisa Monaco, the former deputy attorney general who coordinated investigations into Trump’s attempt to stay in power after losing the 2020 election.

“After I alerted President Trump to the fact that [Microsoft] has hired Lisa Monaco to be their new President of Global Affairs, he has just called on Microsoft to terminate her employment,” Loomer wrote on X.

She then tagged the Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella and asked him: “are you going to comply?”