Sarah Matthews is a former White House deputy press secretary who will testify before the Jan 6. committee.
The high-profile hearing on Thursday scheduled by the Jan 6 committee is set to feature testimony from former deputy White House press secretary Sarah Matthews & Matthew Pottinger, who were a member of the National Security Council during the Trump administration.
In the aftermath of the attack on the Capitol, several Trump officials, including Matthews and Pottinger, resigned. Both witnesses would be giving their first public testimony before the panel.
Who Is Sarah Matthews From Trump White House?
Matthews has previously worked as a spokesman for Trump’s reelection campaign before she took up her position in the White House in 2020. In a 2020 interview, the Kent State University alumna said that she had gotten to know Kayleigh McEnany, the Trump campaign’s national press secretary, through her work.
Matthews had previously backed the work of the Trump administration under the previous administration. She also commented on the first anniversary of the uprising on Twitter in January where she referred to it as “one of the worst days in American history.”
As per The Hill, Sarah was questioned by the House committee about the White House’s operations on the day of the attack. She was present at the interview voluntarily.
Sarah Matthews Career: From Communication Director To White House Spokesperson
Matthews graduated from Hoover High School in 2013 and afterward attended Kent State University to obtain a degree in public relations. Her father, Jeff Matthews, has served as a director of the Stark County Board of Elections for many years and served as the county’s previous GOP chairman.
Sarah was talked to for a feature on her career in 2020, published on the Kent State website last Fall. She described how she had worked with the House Committee on Homeland Security and subsequently the Committee on Energy and Commerce after completing three political internships.
She first started her career as an intern in Washington DC, for U.S. Senator Rob Portman. She then joined another internship for the Office of Speaker John A. Boehner. Then she went on to work as a digital intern and marketing assistant and later joined as a Press Secretary in House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
In 2020 she was the deputy Press secretary for Donald J. Trump for President. Recently she was working as the Communications Director in the U.S. House of Representatives’ Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, full time.
How Old Is Sarah Matthews?
Sarah is currently 27 years old. She is fairly young but has managed to accomplish a handful at just 27 years of age. Matthews was one of the Trump White House employees that left their positions right after the attack on the Capitol.
In addition, Matthews defended her former colleague Hutchinson despite criticism of her ground-breaking evidence before the House select committee looked into the violence last month.
On Jun 16, the committee also aired a segment from Matthews’ testimony in which she discussed Trump’s 2:24 PM tweet that specifically mentioned his vice president.