As pro-Trump mob storms U.S. Capitol, Carnegie Mellon University institute honors election-denier
The same day that a mob of Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol, Carnegie Mellon University’s Institute of Politics and Strategy posted to its website news about recent Trump administration awards to a former administration official and CMU senior fellow who has been active in fights to overturn some of the 2020 election results.
The laudatory post Jan. 6 reignited tensions with some CMU faculty who in the past have criticized Richard Grenell’s appointment, prompting the announcement’s removal from the website.
Mr. Grenell is midway through a yearlong campus appointment. He could not be reached for comment Tuesday.
The institute’s founding director, Kiron Skinner, is a professor and expert in international relations, U.S. foreign policy and political strategy. She was named to President-elect Donald J. Trump’s transition team in 2016 for the National Security Council.
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